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Aboriginal health: why is reconciliation necessary?
Author(s) -
Jackson Lisa R,
Ward Jeanette E
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb127821.x
Subject(s) - politics , perspective (graphical) , health professionals , public relations , health equity , political science , sociology , social determinants of health , medicine , economic growth , health care , law , artificial intelligence , computer science , economics
Many health professionals are deeply troubled by the persistent health inequities between Aboriginal and non‐Aboriginal Australians. From a social and political perspective it is clear that, for there to be appreciable improvement in Aboriginal health, a process of reconciliation which acknowledges the past in the light of the present needs to be adopted across all sectors of society. We give some practical advice for promoting reconciliation.