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RESEARCH ARTICLE (Open Access)

Viewing the healthcare system through a deaf lens

Sherrie Beaver A * and Breda Carty B
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A School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

B School of Education, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia

* Correspondence to: sherrie@isigniwander.com

Public Health Research and Practice 31, e3152127 https://doi.org/10.17061/phrp3152127
Published: 2 December 2021

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Abstract

This perspective paper examines some common barriers to effective participation in the healthcare system experienced by deaf people. The presentation of research and policy is considered from a deaf perspective and in the context of the challenges and opportunities raised by responses to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.