Children admitted to hospital following unintentional injury: perspectives of health service providers in Aotearoa/New Zealand

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Children admitted to hospital following unintentional injury: perspectives of health service providers in Aotearoa/New Zealand

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Abstract Background Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death and hospitalisation among New Zealand children, with indigenous Māori and ethnic minority Pacific children significantly over represented in these statistics. International research has shown that many children hospitalised for injury, as well as their families experience high levels of stress, and ethnic disparities in the quality of trauma care are not uncommon. The research on which this paper is based sought to iden...

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2010-12-01

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Asiasiga Lanuola / Milne Sharon / Tin Sandar / Abel Sally / Ameratunga Shanthi / Crengle Sue

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BMC Health Services Research

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http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/10/333

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Public aspects of medicine

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