Auckland Medical Aid Trust has sponsored, promoted
and/or funded a number of publications, research projects and conference
presentations. The following are available on this website:Richdale,
J. (2007) A
Bibliography of Abortion Literature. (pdf 227kb). The
author is a current PhD student at the University of Auckland and was the recipient of the
inaugural Auckland Medical Aid Trust Scholarship. The bibliography includes journal
articles that are not ordinarily accessible on the average library catalogue and should
prove useful for those wanting to read more widely than published books. The bibliography is also available as a regional list (pdf 239kb).
Auckland Medical Aid Trust (2007) Human
Embryos - The Subject of Research. (pdf 55kb). A Submission from
Auckland Medical Aid Trust on the use of Gametes and Human Embryos in Reproductive
Research. The submission is made as part of consultation being undertaken by the
Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology (ACART), who will be providing the
Minister of Health with an advisory report later in 2007.
Richdale, J. (2006) The 'problem' of abortion in 1930s Aotearoa New Zealand: a study of social
attitudes in selected print media 1936-1938. (pdf 134kb) The author is a
current PhD student at the University of Auckland and was the recipient of the inaugural
Auckland Medical Aid Trust Scholarship. The
paper explores what
aspects of the practice of abortion were considered a problem at that time, how its
problematic status was defined and what solutions were proposed.
Auckland Medical Aid Trust (2005) The Charities
Bill. (pdf 16kb) A submission to Social Services Select Committee on the
Charities Bill (later to become the Charities Act 2005).
Auckland Medical Aid Trust (2000) Submission to Law Commission (pdf
80kb) on Preliminary Paper 38 Adoption Options for Reform: A Discussion Paper
AMAT Research Institute (1999) Research Institute Newsletter. (pdf 39k) Publication
outlining the early development and focus of the AMAT research insitute.
- Brewerton, M. (1999) Global Trends
in Adoption Services. (pdf 32kb) Presentation of research project
on international funding mechanisms for adoption services. Paper presented at the Auckland
Medical Aid Trust conference: National and International Trends in Adoption. Logan Park
Quality Hotel, Auckland, 13 November 1999.
Devine, N. (2002) The Question
Concerning Educational Technology. Paper presented to University of
Sydney/University of Waikato symposium. December, 2002.
Fitzsimons, P. (1998) Neoliberalism
and Social Capital. Presentation of research in preparation for AARE symposium, Neo-liberalism, Welfare and Education: The New Zealand
Experiment. New Orleans, April 2000.
Fitzsimons, P. (1998) Sex
Abuse: An Issue in Human Sexuality. Revised extract
from a research paper recently published in an international academic journal:
'Michel Foucault: Regimes of Punishment and the Question of Liberty', International
Journal of the Sociology of Law (1999), 27, 379-399.
Fitzsimons, P. (1999) Questions
concerning AMAT, Technology and Human Reproduction. Research report for Auckland
Medical Aid Trust.
Kelly, B. (1999)
Public and Private Provision of Adoption Services (pdf 67k). Edited and expanded version of paper presented to the Auckland Medical Aid
Trust conference: Options for Reform in Adoption: National and
International Trends in Adoption, 9 December 1999. Presentation based on extracts from her MSocSc thesis, The Role of the State and the Private Sector in the
Provision of Placement and Long Term Support Adoption Services In New Zealand.
Weaver, A. (1999) The Pros and Cons
of Early Intervention Strategies. Extracts from a paper presented at the Auckland
Medical Aid Trust conference: National and International Trends in Adoption. Logan Park
Quality Hotel, Auckland, 13 November 1999.