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Hassall, Ian Bruce, 1941-2021: Unpublished memoir
- Date
- 2018-2020
- By
- Hassall, Ian Bruce, 1941-2021
- Reference
- MSDL-5660
- Description
Digital files comprising an unpublished memoir completed by Ian Hassell circa January 2020 titled "Testament", and a list of subheadings for the memoir created by Hassall in 2018.
The memoir covers Hassall's early life and beginnings of career in paediatrics; meeting children's needs; child abuse and neglect and preventing abuse; time as medical director of the Plunket Society; term as New Zealand's first Children's Commissioner; the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; child advocacy; the evolution of public policy for children in New Zealand; ending physical punishment of children; time as an independent children's advocate; preventing major causes of death in children; working at the Domestic Violence Centre and at the Institute of Public Policy at Auckland University of Technology; platforms for advocacy; and thoughts on the future.
Title supplied by Library.
Ian Hassall was a New Zealand paediatrician and children's advocate. He was New Zealand's first Commissioner for Children from 1989 to 1994.
Quantity: 2 Electronic document(s).
Provenance: Ownership of the memoir passed to Jennifer Hassall, Ian's wife, following his death in 2021.
- Use/Reproduction
- Non-commercial use is permitted with citation. Commercial use requires permission of the donor Jennifer Hassall. Copyright: In copyright.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 2 Electronic document(s), Autobiographies, Digital file formats
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