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Identity Matters: Aboriginal Mothers' Experiences of Accessing Health Care

2010

Van Herk, K.A., Smith, D., & Andrew, C.

Contemporary Nurse

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This paper examines how the perceptions of service providers affect Aboriginal women's experiences with accessing preventive care during pregnancy and parenting in an urban setting. The study highlights the need to examine how perceptions of Aboriginal womens' identities shape issues of oppression and discrimination in healthcare encounters.

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Identity Matters: Aboriginal Mothers' Experiences of Accessing Health Care.

Van Herk, K.A., Smith, D., & Andrew, C. (2010). Identity matters: Aboriginal mothers' experiences of accessing health care. Contemporary Nurse, 37(1), 57-86. 

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