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Aboriginal Nurses Association Of Canada And Canadian Healthcare Association Build The Foundation For Cultural Safety In Health System
For Immediate ReleaseOttawa, February 4, 2010: Many barriers in the health system prohibit health professionals from providing the most appropriate quality care to Canadians. One barrier of particular concern to First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples, as well as to those of minority backgrounds, is the systemic lack of cultural safety measures in the Canadian system.
In order to have care that is culturally safe, health professionals need to systemically assess the ways in which their health policies, research, education, and practices may recreate previous traumas inflicted upon Aboriginal peoples and members of minority groups in Canada and to eliminate lingering racism against individuals, their families or their cultures. ..../read more
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