Publications by authors named "Luke Nie"
Aim: To explore patient and staff views about the mixing of COVID-19 vaccinated and unvaccinated patients in multi-bed hospital rooms.
Methods: We conducted a mixed methods study with paper surveys and structured interviews. Self-administered surveys were undertaken with inpatients on the general medicine, general surgery, orthopaedic and respiratory wards in Dunedin Public Hospital.
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- - The study investigates how the quality of autopsies and toxicological investigations affects the accuracy of cause of death certifications in New Zealand, highlighting a lack of knowledge on potential biases in Coronial cases that skip toxicology testing.
- - A review of injury-related deaths from 2014 revealed that 25% of cases for individuals under 85 did not include toxicology reports, with women and specific age groups (under 15 and over 65) being less likely to have these reports.
- - The results indicate significant gaps in toxicological investigations, especially in deaths from falls, which can lead to selection biases; understanding these biases is crucial for policymakers and researchers to address the limitations in toxicological evidence available.
Background: Previous studies report a majority of the general public support euthanasia/assisted dying (EAD), while a majority of doctors are opposed. In considering policy decisions about EAD, some may discount the views of doctors because they take them to be based on personal values or tradition, rather than reasons that the general public might share. One way to explore this notion is to examine whether medical students' views change during their medical education.
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