Regionalization as an Opportunity for Meaningful Indigenous Participation in Healthcare: Comparing Canada and New Zealand

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Regionalization as an Opportunity for Meaningful Indigenous Participation in Healthcare: Comparing Canada and New Zealand

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In Canada and New Zealand, policies support Indigenous participation in the planning and delivery of community-based primary health services. However, these services represent only a fraction of the health services accessed by Indigenous peoples. In New Zealand, legislation enacted in 2000 introduced mechanisms to ensure that Māori have a voice in the decisions made by health boards. In Canada, neither policies nor legislation currently ensure that Aboriginal communities are represented in pr...

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2012-03-01

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Amohia Frances Boulton / Josée G. Lavoie / Laverne Gervais

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International Indigenous Policy Journal

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http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1059&context=iipj

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Indigenous / health care / Canada / New Zealand / governance / participation / Political science / Social Sciences

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