Cartwright Inquiry - The facts about the Cartwright Inquiry

THE CARTWRIGHT INQUIRY AND THE REFORM OF PATIENTS RIGHTS & MEDICAL ETHICS In June 1987 Phillida Bunkle and Sandra Coney published an article ‘An “Unfortunate Experiment” at National Women’s Hospital’, Metro magazine. The article...

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Compassion in Healthcare

Welcome message from the Founder, Dr Robin Youngson Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena tatou katoa. Welcome to you all and thank you for visiting our new website. I believe that all health practitioners enter their profession with a genuine desire...

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Hearts in Healthcare - Champions for Compassionate Care

Become part of the worldwide movement to re-humanize healthcare. Ever feel there's no time to care? Juggling too many conflicting demands? Your ideals of compassionate patient care are being compromised? That this isn't the job you...

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Kathy Torpie - Author and Keynote Speaker

Losing Face; A Memoir Of Lost Identity And Self Discovery The Patient Journey When Kathy Torpie glanced in the mirror on her way out the door one night,she had no way of knowing this would be the last time she would ever see her familiar...

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Ko Awatea

Ko Awatea, in partnership with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Ko Awatea (Dawning of the first light) is about improvement and transformation, so that we can provide the very best healthcare we can to our community. Ko Awatea provides us...

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Parenteral Nutrition Down Under (PNDU)

Welcome to Parenteral Nutrition Down-Under (PN-DU)! Our aim at PN-DU is to support, research and inform consumers, carers and providers of parenteral nutrition for intestinal failure. We are a group of Australian and New Zealand consumers,...

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THE GOOD FIGHT - A network of families and professionals fighting for change in New Zealand’s maternity system

FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST At some point during the birthing process, things for us went terribly wrong. We have lost children, or have children who are now compromised. And we can pin the blame for this outcome on the systemic failure of the...

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Time to Care by Robin Youngson

How to love your patients and your job. “If you only read one book about healthcare in your lifetime, whether you are a patient or a professional, let this be the book.” Michael Brophy, Irish Society for Quality & Safety in Healthcare....

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Women's Health Action

Women's Health Action is a charitable trust which aims to provide women with high quality information and education services to enable them to maintain their health and make informed choices about their health care. We have a health promotion and...

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