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The Treaty of Waitangi, Cultural Safety and Maori Health

   

Added on  2021-04-21

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Running head: THE TREATY OF WAITANGI, CULTURAL SAFETY AND MAORIHEALTHTHE TREATY OF WAITANGI, CULTURAL SAFETY AND MAORI HEALTHName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor note

THE TREATY OF WAITANGI, CULTURAL SAFETY AND MAORI HEALTH1IntroductionThe Treaty of Waitangi holds supreme importance in the lives of Maori, the indigenouspopulation of New Zealand and others. Cultural safety is defined as the operative nursingpractice delivered to a patient belonging to a different culture and is determined the person or therelated family (Hally, 2008). This assignment will discuss the relation among cultural safety, theTreaty of Waitangi and Maori health with effective communication and advocacy asinterventions to meet the terms of the ethics described in the treaty of Waitangi. Discussion The relationship between the Waitangi treaty, cultural safety and Maori health is ofsupreme importance. During British colonization, the Maori group had to suffer different socialconsequences that decreases their colonization within the society. Eventually they becameminority section in New Zealand that deprived them from the health equalities, which is theirbasic human rights (Wepa, 2015). Therefore for the development and improvement of the healthstatus within the Maori community, the treaty of Waitangi was signed by the Maori leaders. Thetreaty of Waitangi is the document of principles for the safety and integrity of Maori people andthese principles are participation, protection and partnership (Harding, 2013). Partnership isdetermined by the healthcare professional by implementing health and wellness relatedpreferences of Maori community, whereas the participation of Maori community within thedecision-making process empowered their status within the society. Thirdly the protectiondetermines security of the cultural beliefs while receiving healthcare interventions (Hally, 2008).Cultural safety also helps to achieve healthcare invention irrespective of the socio-economic

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