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Uprooting inequity: cultivating a flourishing and socially accountable nephrologist workforce for Indigenous peoples

Key takeaways

Indigenous people in New Zealand, Australia and the USA get kidney disease far more often, but very few kidney doctors come from their communities. This article argues that the institutions training and hiring kidney doctors are failing them. It calls for changes in workforce planning, training and leadership. It is an opinion and policy piece, not a study with results.

Source

Paper · Nature Reviews Nephrology · 2026-09-15
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41581-026-01133-6