people placed in state care have died earlier, more violent deaths – new study
- Written by Belinda Borell, Kairangahau/Researcher, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Lake Alice Hospital, one of many institutions investigated by the abuse-in-state-care inquiry.Wikimedia Commons, CC BYA new study using a large collection of demographic data has revealed the lasting and damaging consequences for children placed in state care between 1950 and 1999 – including huge disparities in life expectancy compared with...
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