Marilyn J Waring
PhD (Waikato). Professor of Public Policy, AUT University, New Zealand. Elected to New Zealand parliament at 23, served 3 terms. Chaired Public Accounts and Public Expenditure committee. Is described as being responsible for the fall of the government in 1984 on the issue of nuclear ship visits to New Zealand. Author ofCounting for Nothing: what men value and what women are worth, one of the major outstanding international contributions to political economy. It was the subject of a best selling documentary made by the NFB Canada Who’s Counting: Marilyn Waring on sex, lies and global economic. Has worked in development assistance programmes throughout the Pacific and Asia, and is currently gender and governance adviser to the RAMSI mission in the Solomon Islands. Served as Director of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, and on the Board of Creative New Zealand. Currently Treasurer of the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) and one of two international members of the Board of the Canadian Index for Well Being.
Ms Rae Lamb, Deputy Health & Disability Commissioner
Rae Lamb is Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner, Complaints Resolution.
Appointed August 1 2005, under changes to the HDC Act, she manages the teams responsible for the whole complaints resolution process, including the triage and assessment of complaints, referrals to advocacy, providers or other agencies, and investigations. She also has permanent delegated responsibility for some investigations including rest homes, nursing, pharmacy and dentistry.
Prior to this, she was a journalist working primarily as a political reporter and then covering health for eight years as Radio New Zealand’s health correspondent. In 2001-02 Rae carried out research into the disclosure of medical errors in the United States. This was during a one year fellowship based at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in Boston, and it has led to various presentations here and abroad, and publication in international journals such as Health Affairs, and Quality and Safety in Healthcare.
Care of Older people and ethical decision making
Rosemary Godbold - Senior lecturer in health care ethics at the National Centre for Health Law and Ethics and also a practising registered nurse. Rosemary’s primary interest is in the nexus between law, ethics and clinical practice. Her PhD examined the use of the best interests test for making health care decisions on behalf of adults who lack capacity, both in law and clinical practice. Rosemary has been using the values exchange for teaching and research in health care ethics for the past 5 years with a wide variety of health professionals. Current research programmes are focussed on the use of values exchange to facilitate ethical decision making and achieve values transparency. Rosemary is also interested in the regulation of health professionals, particularly the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal and the role of lay members in disciplinary process.
Ms Amanda Lees, Lecturer, National Centre for Health Law and Ethics, AUT University. Amanda is involved in the teaching of health care ethics to undergraduate students from a range of health science disciplines. Her primary interest lies in values based decision making and is one of the administrators of the Values Exchange software at AUT.
Together Rosemary and Amanda will -
- Dispel some myths about ethics.
- Talk about what ‘being ethical’ really means
- Focus on the concept of dignity in elderly care – what does this mean in theory and in practice?
Show how our Values Exchange can help support both carers and elderly patients.(Interactive)
Dr Michal Boyd, RN, ND, NP Nurse Practitioner Clinical Leader – Community Services for Older Adults Waitemata DHB. Honorary Sr. Lecturer, Freemasons’ Dept. of Geriatric Medicine, Auckland University
Dr Michal Boyd is a Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Leader for Community Services for Older Adults at Waitemata District Health Board and Honorary Sr. Lecturer for Auckland University Freemasons’ Department of Geriatric Medicine. Her main areas of expertise and research are care coordination for older adults and the development of advanced nursing practice roles. She has recently completed research developing a brief screening tool to identify older people at risk and is currently engaged in the Residential Aged Care Integration Project and the Older Person’s Ability Level census in residential aged care. Prior to immigrating to New Zealand in 2002, she practiced in the United States as a Nurse Practitioner and maintained a joint appointment as an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado.
Dr Stephen Neville, Senior Lecturer/Postgraduate Coordinator in the School of Health and Social Services, Massey University, Honorary Research Consultant at the University of Queensland and a Fellow of the College of Nurses Aotearoa (NZ). His research experience and interests include men’s health and well-being, vulnerable populations, the social aspects of ageing and nursing workforce participation.
Roz Sorensen is a senior project manager for the Ministry of Health here in New Zealand. She is a registered nurse, with postgraduate qualifications in Human Resources and Health Management. Roz is also completing her Doctor in Health Science at Auckland University of Technology.
