Aim: A qualitative exploration of the experience of whānau whose relatives died in an acute hospital setting during Levels 3 ∓ 4 of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Methods: Next of kin for 22 patients who had died in Wellington Hospital during Levels 3 & 4 of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic (16/22 under General Medicine with an additional 6/22 who identified as Māori) from a total of 70 hospital deaths were interviewed by phone in August 2020. Whānau were asked to describe their experience of a relative dying.
Aim: To investigate the contribution to cancer care and prevention by Māori health provider organisations (MHPs) in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Methods: A nationwide postal survey of all MHPs (n=253) was undertaken in 2011. The response rate was 55%.