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No Woman is an Island

June 9, 2011 by  
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The New Zealand Health and Disability Services Standards define seclusion as it relates to the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 “where a consumer is placed alone in a room or area, at any time and for any duration, from which they cannot freely exit”. To me, the definition is clear enough.

Ships in the Night

May 26, 2011 by  
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Ten days ago Kate Raue was moved from Rangipapa to Te Whare Ahuru. For privacy reasons Rangipapa weren’t telling anyone where she’d gone, only that she’d ‘left the Unit’. I thought at the time that the construction of the explanation was an interesting one so I had my doubts about whether she’d been released to […]

Katherine

May 18, 2011 by  
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What’s in a name? Something and everything. Many of us wonder what our parents were thinking when they named us but sometimes I think life has a way of showing us there’s rhyme and reason beyond even what they intended.