A brief response to Hawkins: a call for socially responsive research in Māori health
Ben Hudson 1 , Suzanne Pitama 2 , Lynn McBain 3 , Bridget Robson 4 , Tim Stokes 5 , Jo Baxter 6 , Peter Crampton 61 Department of General Practice, University of Otago Christchurch, New Zealand.
2 Associate Dean Māori, University of Otago Christchurch, New Zealand.
3 Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice, University of Otago Wellington, New Zealand.
4 Associate Dean Māori, University of Otago Wellington, New Zealand.
5 Department of General Practice and Rural Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, New Zealand.
6 Kōhatu, Centre for Hauora Māori, Dunedin School of Medicine, New Zealand.
Journal of Primary Health Care 13(3) 204-206 https://doi.org/10.1071/HC21094
Published: 30 September 2021
Journal Compilation © Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners 2021 This is an open access article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
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