Incarcerated aboriginal women’s experiences of accessing healthcare and the limitations of the ‘equal treatment’ principle

Incarcerated aboriginal women’s experiences of accessing healthcare and the limitations of the ‘equal treatment’ principle

Abstract Background Colonization continues in Australia, sustained through institutional and systemic racism. Targeted discrimination and intergenerational trauma have undermined the health and wellbeing of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, leading to significantly poorer...

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Main Authors: S. Kendall, S. Lighton, J. Sherwood, E. Baldry, E. A. Sullivan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
Subjects:
Australia
Prison
Incarceration
Women
Indigenous
Aboriginal
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-020-1155-3

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