Think Talk: A Māori whānau perspective of assisted dying in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Tue 12 Aug
- $5.00 incl. GST
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Think Talk: A Māori whānau perspective of assisted dying in Aotearoa New Zealand
Tuesday 12 August 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
In this talk Tess shares some early findings from her HRC funded ‘Waerea study’ on Māori experiences of Assisted Dying. Her team used Kaupapa Māori research methods to explore experiences of accessing and using assisted dying services. The End of Life Choices Act (2019) provides a new end-of-life option for New Zealanders living with incurable illness. However, without appropriate information and navigational support to guide and prepare whānau, the Act can create further inequities for Māori. Findings highlight Indigenous communities are unaware of assisted dying and the strict eligibility criteria. Individuals who utilised the Act used their mana motuhake (autonomy and independence) to seek information and access the Act.
About Dr Tess Moeke-Maxwell (Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki & Ngāti Porou), Senior Research Fellow at at the University of Auckland
Tess is a Senior Research Fellow and co-director of the Te Ārai Palliative Care and End of Life Research Group at the School of Nursing, University of Auckland. Tess leads Kaupapa Māori Research projects on behalf of Te Ārai’s Kāhui Kaumātua advisory group to improve end of life and palliative care for Māori who have serious illness and their whānau (family, including extended family). Tess and her team use Arts-based Knowledge Translation methods to disseminate research findings to whānau Māori and health professionals. Tess is an Advisory Group member of the Ministry of Health’s Palliative Care Advisory Group. In 2022 the Royal Society of NZ awarded Tess and Te Ārai the NZ Health Research Council’s Te Tohu Rapuora Medal for research excellence with Māori communities. https://www.teipuaronui.co.nz.
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