An exploration of raising a child in New Zealand with severe allergies and the potential for an anaphylactic reaction

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An exploration of raising a child in New Zealand with severe allergies and the potential for an anaphylactic reaction

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INTRODUCTION Both international and national research concludes that allergies within children are increasing, as is the severity of the allergic response (Allergy New Zealand, 2012b; Lauritzen, 2004). Some research suggests a sevenfold increase in allergy diagnosis within the past ten years however as both severe and mild allergic responses are often misdiagnosed it is difficult to know what the true increase is (Paweanker, Walter, Canonica, Holgate & Lockey, 2011-2012). This has led to frag...

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Research paper

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Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2014

Creator

Carstensen, Cassandra

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https://hdl.handle.net/10652/6407

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New Zealand / nurses / children / allergies / impacts / families / lived experiences / care pathway / autoethnobiographies / Health sciences / Nursing / Nursing not elsewhere classified

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