title: Aboriginal health: why is reconciliation necessary?
abstract: Many health professionals are deeply troubled by the persistent health inequities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians. From a social and political perspective it is clear that, for there to be appreciable improvement in Aboriginal health, a process of reconciliation which acknowledges the past in the light of the present needs to be adopted across all sectors of society. We give some practical advice for promoting reconciliation.
authors.affiliation: Needs Assessment and Health Outcomes Unit, Central Sydney Area Health Service, NSW.
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D003469:Culture; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006303:Health Services, Indigenous; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D019035:Rural Health Services; D012941:Social Responsibility; D000095283:Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples