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“Mutual” obligation in Indigenous health: can shared responsibility agreements be truly mutual?
Author(s) -
Collard Kim S,
D’Antoine Heather A,
Henry Barbara R,
Mooney Gavin H,
Eggington Dennis G,
Martin Carol A
Publication year - 2005
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.1326-5377.2005.tb00012.x
Subject(s) - obligation , indigenous , public sphere , health economics , public health , legislature , social research , library science , political science , sociology , social science , health care , medicine , law , politics , ecology , nursing , computer science , biology
Shared responsibility agreements between the Australian Government and Indigenous communities are based on a concept of mutual obligation but have overtones of paternalism and imposition. The nature and extent of choice in any such agreements need to be established.