Dear Colleagues
Info on paper in this weeks BMJ
Best wishes
David McDaid
LSE Health and Social Care
Ethnicity, equity, and quality: lessons from New Zealand
K M McPherson, M Harwood, and H K McNaughton
BMJ 2003;327 443-444
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/327/7412/443?etoc
Life expectancy and poorer outcomes associated with ethnicity are important issues for many countries. National and local developments are making a difference in New Zealand
"Life expectancy for indigenous people in colonised countries is shorter than it should be. In New Zealand, Maori die on average 10 years younger than people of Anglo-European descent. The usual suspects of poverty and poor socioeconomic opportunities contribute to inequity, but failures in service organisation and delivery are part of the picture. New Zealand is not the only colonised nation with higher rates of illness and premature death, but it is making concerted efforts to address the disparity..............".
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