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Committing to reconciling our differences: development of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists' Reconciliation Action Plan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Jason B. L. Lee
Jason B. L. Lee*
Affiliation:
Rural, Remote and Indigenous Mental Health Services, Mental Health Service Group, The Townsville Hospital, Australia, email drkamikaze@hotmail.com
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians continue to experience disproportionately poor physical and mental health, and inequity of opportunity. Australia's Reconciliation Action Plan programme provides a framework and support for organisations to demonstrate leadership through public commitment to actions. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists developed its own Reconciliation Action Plan through a consultative process, and hopes to lead and promote reconciliation as a peak medical body.

Type
Thematic papers: Reconciliation and conflict resolution
Information
BJPsych International , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , August 2015 , pp. 59 - 61
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 2015

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