Challenges And Approaches To Providing Healthcare To Indigenous Populations In Nova Scotia

https://doi.org/10.56885/XERS37284

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By Matthew L Smith MSc RPVI FRCSC; Jack Rasmussen MD; Carl Marshall CCFP and Erik Mandawe MD

Abstract: Providing effective health-care services to rural and remote Indigenous communities in Nova Scotia presents several challenges, including geography, access to appropriate health-care professionals and services and issues of trust and acceptance. This report shares the insights of four health professionals who work extensively with Indigenous populations in the province.