With focus on an all Aboriginal community in rural central-western New South Wales, and
developing the notion of treatment as'a site of negotiation', I illustrate the socially and …

In remote Australian Aboriginal communities, medical interactions between non-Aboriginal
nurses and Aboriginal patients often use health narratives to enact and contest social …

Philosophical perspective is an important factor influencing the health and health care
outcomes of Aboriginal Australians. To date, the nature of the Aboriginal perspective and its …

As an 'activist'practitioner I have not found it easy to find the time and focus to develop the
intellectual frameworks in which to locate my experiences and passions. Such intellectual …

Achieving better health outcomes for Aboriginal people remains a high priority for health
providers. However, what can be overlooked in the delivery of health care is a very particular …

Objectives: This paper presents two arguments relevant to both past and present efforts to
improve Indigenous health. It advocates for ways of thinking about and doing health …

In remote Aboriginal communities in Australia, researchers cast health beliefs and
treatments as belonging to either an Aboriginal or biomedical system, which are considered …

In recognition of the ongoing health disparities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples (hereafter Aboriginal), this scoping review explores the role and impact of …

Objective To investigate how policy requiring cultural respect and attention to health equity
is implemented in the care of rural and remote Aboriginal people in city hospitals. Methods …

This report presents the results of a qualitative study of the perspectives and experiences of
country Aboriginal patients (and some of their immediate family and carers) who received …