
AUCK OUT OF STOCK
WGTN IN STOCK
Pages:
186
Published:
1 Feb 2019
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Huia Publishers
ISBN:
9781775503545
Over the past two decades, New Zealand health care has grown more culturally aware, slowly incorporating practices that better cater to the needs of Mori. Bradford Haami chronicles this health care evolution by telling the story of Amohaere Tangitu, a woman responsible for pioneering change. Spanning Amohaeres career in health services, this book tells the story of Amohaere's work to bring cultural perspectives and practices into health care, making treatments culturally safe for Maori and all patients. Amohaere instigated changes in protocols around medical procedures to make them more culturally appropriate in Aucklands general and childrens hospitals, established family accommodation in the childrens hospital, and implemented cultural processes alongside the hospital treatments. Through her work, Amohaere changed the way staff practised and people healed
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