Aboriginal children with cancer: The patient and healthcare worker perspective
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- 25 October 2023
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Wiley in Pediatric Blood & Cancer
- Vol. 71 (1) , e30747
Abstract
There are inequitable health outcomes for Aboriginal children with cancer. A quality improvement audit performed at our institution through interviews with families and healthcare workers has highlighted individual, systematic and cultural barriers to equitable and culturally safe healthcare for Aboriginal patients, in addition to facilitators and recommendations for improvements.Keywords
Funding Information
- Women's and Children's Hospital Foundation
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