Ensuring Cultural Safety for Indigenous Peoples Accessing Medicines

Lucas, C; Power, T

Ensuring Cultural Safety for Indigenous Peoples Accessing Medicines

Lucas, C

Power, T

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Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: Encyclopedia of Evidence in Pharmaceutical Public Health and Health Services Research in Pharmacy, 2022, pp. 1-14
Issue Date:: 2022

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dc.contributor.author	Lucas, C https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7857-2338
dc.contributor.author	Power, T
dc.date.accessioned	2023-07-05T21:18:18Z
dc.date.available	2023-07-05T21:18:18Z
dc.date.issued	2022
dc.identifier.citation	Encyclopedia of Evidence in Pharmaceutical Public Health and Health Services Research in Pharmacy, 2022, pp. 1-14
dc.identifier.isbn	9783030502478
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/171210
dc.description.abstract	Western healthcare systems are generally, culturally unsafe places for Indigenous Peoples. Pharmacists engaging with Indigenous communities should be equipped with the knowledge and expertise to be culturally safe. This ensures that appropriate access to medication and advice is delivered in a respectful, culturally safe environment to address the iniquitous health inequities stemming from colonization. This chapter defines the constructs: cultural awareness, cultural sensitivity, and cultural safety and the role they play in addressing pharmacists’ professional development needs. This chapter also explores Australian government schemes intended to enhance Indigenous health and access to medications, as well as showcasing resources and tools to support pharmacists to become culturally safe healthcare providers. Finally, some recommendations will be discussed to enhance pharmacists’ cultural safety development utilizing reflective practice strategies.
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dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Springer Nature
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dc.title	Ensuring Cultural Safety for Indigenous Peoples Accessing Medicines
dc.type	Chapter
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/Graduate School of Health
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Abstract:

Western healthcare systems are generally, culturally unsafe places for Indigenous Peoples. Pharmacists engaging with Indigenous communities should be equipped with the knowledge and expertise to be culturally safe. This ensures that appropriate access to medication and advice is delivered in a respectful, culturally safe environment to address the iniquitous health inequities stemming from colonization. This chapter defines the constructs: cultural awareness, cultural sensitivity, and cultural safety and the role they play in addressing pharmacists’ professional development needs. This chapter also explores Australian government schemes intended to enhance Indigenous health and access to medications, as well as showcasing resources and tools to support pharmacists to become culturally safe healthcare providers. Finally, some recommendations will be discussed to enhance pharmacists’ cultural safety development utilizing reflective practice strategies.

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