Wilmot Stephen
Associate academic in health and social care at University of Derby Online, University of Derby, Derby, UK, and an instructor at Athabasca University, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Health Hum Rights. 2018 Jun;20(1):283-293.
In this paper, I apply Kymlicka's theory of cultural rights to the health care of Canada's First Nations, within the framework of human rights and the rights of indigenous peoples, as formulated by the United Nations. I extend Kymlicka's concept of cultural rights into a specific right to culturally appropriate health care, and I consider how this right can be categorized. I also explore how far the Canadian state recognizes a right to health care in general and to culturally appropriate health care in particular; and whether it has instituted a statutory or constitutional right in these areas. Finally, I consider the same questions with regard to First Nations health care in British Columbia. My conclusions are that the right to culturally appropriate health care is not recognized nationally, or in British Columbia, and that the potential exists to establish such a right politically.
在本文中，我将基姆利卡的文化权利理论应用于加拿大原住民的医疗保健领域，该领域处于联合国所制定的人权及原住民权利框架之内。我将基姆利卡的文化权利概念扩展为获得符合文化习俗的医疗保健的特定权利，并思考这一权利应如何分类。我还探讨了加拿大国家在多大程度上承认一般意义上的医疗保健权利，特别是符合文化习俗的医疗保健权利；以及它是否在这些领域确立了法定权利或宪法权利。最后，我针对不列颠哥伦比亚省原住民的医疗保健情况思考同样的问题。我的结论是，获得符合文化习俗的医疗保健权利在全国范围内以及在不列颠哥伦比亚省都未得到承认，且在政治上存在确立这一权利的可能性。
