HE301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Institutionalized Discrimination, Racialization, Canadian Nurses Association
Document Summary
Reading 1: indigenous nurses call out systemic racism. It is known that a doctor"s office is supposed to be a place of healing: many indigenous p11eople fall prey to institutionalized discrimination. Understand gaps in aboriginal health ongoing racism has had a major impact on health. Many aboriginals don"t use mainstream health care services as they don"t feel safe from stereotyping or racism. Indigenous caregivers are working to fight against the stereotypes and racism that exists inside the health care system: sees a vast discrepancy in how people of different backgrounds are treated. How does race impact health care in bc: these 2 nurses (tanya dick and diane lingren) witness life threatening prejudice from er rooms to bedsides but also how they are intervening to make a difference. Inquest in er form stated that she was under the influence: never progressed to a higher level of care head injury worsened due to lack of care.
