CPSO launches newly revised policy on Human Rights in the Provision of Health Services

The Human Rights in the Provision of Health Services policy provides guidance for doctors so they can take reasonable steps to create and foster a safe, inclusive and accessible environment for their patients.

The policy supports physicians taking steps to acknowledge themselves as learners when it comes to understanding a patient's experience (cultural humility), to consider how social and historical contexts shape health and health-care experiences (cultural safety), to attempt to mitigate the effects of oppression in society (anti-oppression), and to engage in the process of actively identifying and eliminating racism (anti-racism).

Dr. Saroo Sharda: “Integrating equity, diversity, inclusion, and to racism and anti-oppression is very relevant to how we may conceptualize professionalism, given that traditional concepts of professionalism have usually centered around the identities and cultural norms of dominant groups. This can and has had significant impacts on those from equity-seeking groups.”

Incorporating equity, diversity, inclusion and anti-oppression concepts into practice helps create and foster a safe, inclusive, and accessible environment and improve patient experience, health outcomes, and the quality of the physician-patient relationship.

Find the policy and Advice to the profession on our website: https://www.cpso.on.ca/en/Physicians/...