Tejasvita Saini

Opinions in Dialogue: Inequities in healthcare

By: Tejasvita Saini, SFU Student and Antonia Chircea, SFU Student  Content warning: mentions of anti-Indigeneity, medical trauma, forced sterilization, and transphobia.  Healthcare perpetuates many inequities. From sexism, racism, queerphobia and transphobia, to ableism — it can be hard to access the care you need due to systemic barriers. In what ways do these barriers show up for patients? What ideas and prejudices perpetuate the mistreatment of certain groups in healthcare, and how can this be solved?  Tejas: We hear so much praise of Canadian healthcare, but many overlook the complex systemic inequalities that people of colour, women, people with disabilities,…

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