Reconciliation in health care must go beyond cultural sensitivity

摘要

Five years after Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission issued calls to action, and 12 years after health care workers ignored Brian Sinclair as he died in a Winnipeg emergency department, the death of Joyce Echaquan last fall underscored how unsafe hospitals remain for many Indigenous people. Sharing power and resources, and making space for cultural practices and arts, are crucial for healing, say experts.