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Ethnic Minority Groups in Healthcare Governance

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International agreements such as the Alma Ata Declaration 1978, the Ottawa Charter 1986, and the Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion 2005 have clearly established that everyone across the globe has the right to healthcare that meets their needs. These agreements also frame the focus of healthcare as being beyond clinical and curative healthcare services. The Ottawa Charter of the World Health Organization (WHO, 1986) states that ‘health services need to embrace an expanded mandate which is sensitive and respects cultural needs’. The statement also highlights the need for better connections between the health sector and the social, political, economic, and physical environmental components.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Health, University of New England, Australia

    Hurriyet Babacan (Professor and Acting Head)

  2. James Cook University, Australia

    Narayan Gopalkrishnan (Lecturer and Coordinator of Social Work and Community Welfare programmes)

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

    Ellen Kuhlmann

  2. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

    Robert H. Blank (Adjunct Professor) (Adjunct Professor)

  3. Institute of Population Health and the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Canada

    Ivy Lynn Bourgeault (Professor) (Professor)

  4. University of Siegen, Germany

    Claus Wendt (Professor of Sociology of Health and Healthcare Systems) (Professor of Sociology of Health and Healthcare Systems)

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Babacan, H., Gopalkrishnan, N. (2015). Ethnic Minority Groups in Healthcare Governance. In: Kuhlmann, E., Blank, R.H., Bourgeault, I.L., Wendt, C. (eds) The Palgrave International Handbook of Healthcare Policy and Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137384935_37

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