Concerns over inequity between Maori and non-Maori cancer survival rates
Concerns over inequity between Maori and non-Maori cancer survival rates
18 January 2020
An Otago University researcher says New Zealand's healthcare system is failing Maori cancer patients - because it was designed for the European population.
Dr Jason Gurney claims he has disproved previous theories that Maori patients have a higher mortality rate because they are diagnosed too late.
Gurney says the Cancer Control Agency's new Action plan must seek to support Maori.
He says as a society we need to make a choice not to accept these inequities, particularly for our indigenous population.
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