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The Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre (HIIRC) is your source of knowledge to improve New Zealand’s health care system. Sponsored by the Ministry of Health, HIIRC has been developed to support performance and quality improvement efforts.
Important note: This site is no longer being actively maintained and is presented here as an online archive. While it still contains a wealth of useful information, visitors who want to receive the latest health information should register to receive the fortnightly email Digest. This will link you directly to articles of interest in the key areas covered by this site. You can register for the Digest here.
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Part of the fabric and mostly right: An ethnography of ethics in clinical practice (Australia)
posted by WM Admin on 2015-06-17 10:43:15.272
Based on observations and interviews undertaken in the newborn care, maternity and oncology departments of a large NSW urban hospital,…
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Engaging Maori in biobanking and genetic research: Legal, ethical, and policy challenges
posted by WM Admin on 2015-06-23 10:48:51.539
The Health Research Council of New Zealand has funded a research project to identify Māori perspectives on biobanking and genetic…
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Shifting from research governance to research ethics: A novel paradigm for ethical review in community-based research
posted by WM Admin on 2015-05-20 11:57:02.762
The "New Zealand Ethics Committee (NZEC), formed in 2012, responds to the uneven landscape of access for community-based research ...…
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Certainty and uncertainty about end of life care nursing practices in New Zealand intensive care units: A mixed methods study
posted by WM Admin on 2015-03-30 09:40:35.496
In this survey (with follow-up focus groups), the authors investigated experiences of, and attitudes towards end-of-life care among intensive care…
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