Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 25, 2018 17:08:55 GMT 12
BREAST CANCER: HEALTH INSTITUTIONS 'STILL RACIST' TOWARDS MĀORI
A legal consultant has spoken out about offensive and ignorant comments from hospital staff while she was being treated for breast cancer.
A new report from the University of Waikato shows Māori women get diagnosed too late and are 79 percent more likely to die from it than Pākehā.
Lead researcher Professor Ross Lawrenson said there were several inequalities between Māori, Pasifika and Pākehā women.
The study found Māori women were less likely to get chemotherapy and take the treatment Herceptin......
www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/360359/breast-cancer-health-institutions-still-racist-towards-maori
A legal consultant has spoken out about offensive and ignorant comments from hospital staff while she was being treated for breast cancer.
A new report from the University of Waikato shows Māori women get diagnosed too late and are 79 percent more likely to die from it than Pākehā.
Lead researcher Professor Ross Lawrenson said there were several inequalities between Māori, Pasifika and Pākehā women.
The study found Māori women were less likely to get chemotherapy and take the treatment Herceptin......
www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/360359/breast-cancer-health-institutions-still-racist-towards-maori