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Ethnic aged discrimination and disparities in health and social care
— a question of social justice | | Author(s) | Megan-Jane Johnstone, Olga Kanitsaki |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 27, no 3, September 2008 |
| Publisher | Blackwell Publishing, September 2008 |
| Pages | pp 110-115 |
| Source | http://www.cota.org.au / http://www.blackwellpublishingasia.com |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Ageism ; Services ; Health services ; Rights [elderly] ; Social policy ; Australia. |
| Annotation | Older overseas-born Australians of diverse cultural and language backgrounds experience significant disparities in their health and social care needs and support systems. Despite being identified as a 'special needs' group, the ethnic aged in Australia are generally underserved by local health and social care services, experience unequal burdens of disease, and encounter cultural and language barriers to accessing appropriate health and social care compared to the average Australian-born population. While a range of causes have been suggested to explain these disparities, rarely has the possibility of cultural racism been considered. In this article, it is suggested that cultural racism be named as a possible cause of ethnic aged disparities and disadvantage in health and social care. It is further suggested that unless cultural racism is named as a structural mechanism by which ethnic aged disparities in health and social care have been created and maintained, redressing them will remain difficult. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080923202 A |
| Classmark | TK: B:TOB: I: L: IKR: TM2: 7YA |
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