A settler physician perspective on Indigenous health, truth, and reconciliation

This brief report presents one settler physician’s perspectives on our responsibility to engage in reconciliation and decolonize our healthcare institutions. It draws from existing literature to identify key actions for reconciliation in health care. These include i) engaging Indigenous peoples as l...

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Autor principal:	Denise Jaworsky
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Canadian Medical Education Journal 2018
Materias:	colonialsim Indigenous health ethics determinants of health reconciliation reflective practice Education (General) L7-991 Medicine (General) R5-920
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/9d5a7c8913374dbd9781152d16631f58
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9d5a7c8913374dbd9781152d16631f582021-12-01T22:44:17ZA settler physician perspective on Indigenous health, truth, and reconciliation10.36834/cmej.434641923-1202https://doaj.org/article/9d5a7c8913374dbd9781152d16631f582018-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/43464https://doaj.org/toc/1923-1202This brief report presents one settler physician’s perspectives on our responsibility to engage in reconciliation and decolonize our healthcare institutions. It draws from existing literature to identify key actions for reconciliation in health care. These include i) engaging Indigenous peoples as leaders and equal partners in developing health interventions, ii) increasing our awareness and education around the colonial history and settler presence in Canada, including our role in the ongoing oppression of Indigenous peoples, iii) providing services in ways that recognize and mitigate colonial determinants of health, and iii) practicing cultural safety at an individual level and advocating for it at a structural level. These actions can be realized through educational interventions and ongoing reflexivity among medical trainees and practicing physicians. Denise JaworskyCanadian Medical Education JournalarticlecolonialsimIndigenous healthethicsdeterminants of healthreconciliationreflective practiceEducation (General)L7-991Medicine (General)R5-920ENCanadian Medical Education Journal, Vol 9, Iss 3 (2018)
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description	This brief report presents one settler physician’s perspectives on our responsibility to engage in reconciliation and decolonize our healthcare institutions. It draws from existing literature to identify key actions for reconciliation in health care. These include i) engaging Indigenous peoples as leaders and equal partners in developing health interventions, ii) increasing our awareness and education around the colonial history and settler presence in Canada, including our role in the ongoing oppression of Indigenous peoples, iii) providing services in ways that recognize and mitigate colonial determinants of health, and iii) practicing cultural safety at an individual level and advocating for it at a structural level. These actions can be realized through educational interventions and ongoing reflexivity among medical trainees and practicing physicians.
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A settler physician perspective on Indigenous health, truth, and reconciliation

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