Journal of paediatrics and child health
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You might well say, 'Why would you want to write about your son's death?' And in response I may ask, 'Why do you want to read it?' Perhaps there are no correct answers to our questions, except to say that the only way we learn it, ethically, through the experiences of others as we witness their suffering. Although, for the most part, this journey would leave me feeling professionally abandoned, there were still times of joy, hope and love. I invite you to take this journey with me.
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J Paediatr Child Health · Aug 2011
ReviewChild nutrition and lower respiratory tract disease burden in New Zealand: a global context for a national perspective.
To consider the contribution of malnutrition to acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) disease burden in children <5 years old in New Zealand (NZ). ⋯ The contribution of malnutrition to ALRI disease burden in NZ requires greater clarification. Such clarification is necessary to inform the development of nutritional policy, which seeks to improve early child health.
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J Paediatr Child Health · Aug 2011
ReviewClimate change: the implications for child health in Australasia.
Children are particularly vulnerable to the health effects of climate change, the biggest global health threat of the 21st century. However, the worst effects on child health can be avoided, and well-designed climate policies can have important benefits for child health and equity. We call on child health professionals to seize opportunities to prevent climate change, improve child health and reduce inequalities, and suggest useful actions that can be taken.
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J Paediatr Child Health · Aug 2011
Historical ArticleFrom small beginnings: the euthanasia of children with disabilities in Nazi Germany.
Although they are the lesser known Nazi atrocities, it is estimated that some 5000-8000 children with physical and intellectual disabilities were killed in Nazi Germany under a programme of euthanasia. Chronologically, they were a precedent, being the Nazis' first organised and systematic killing programme that would later enlarge to include adults with disabilities and ultimately, to the broader programme of racially motivated 'euthanasia' of the holocaust. ⋯ This paper outlines the origins and development of the programme, examines how families were involved and affected and looks at what motivated the medical staff involved with the killing. The history of the Nazi child euthanasia programme has a number of important lessons for practicing doctors and health policy-makers in the 21st century.