This course was written 22 years ago, but remains a classic which has helped many mono-cultural white health professionals have a less destructive effect in their first months of working with remote aboriginal people. It is believed that any cross-cultural sensitisation is going to be of value generally, and even though the authors caution against applying the lessons learned in this course too literally in other cultural settings, this course will help doctors and nurses be more human in any cross-cultural setting, whether with urban Aboriginal people or New Australians for whom english is a foreign language.
This document was converted to Hypertext for the WEB by Dr Hugh Nelson, a doctor who has worked in aboriginal health, initially as a District Medical Officer in North-East Arnhem Land, then with the Community Controlled Aboriginal Medical Service administered by Central Australian Aboriginal Congress in Alice Springs, and then with the Rural Health section of Northern Territory Medical Service.
He currently works as a GP in Helensvale, Gold Coast, Australia.
Email: hugh.nelson@ausinfo.com.au
Staff of Information Systems Division, Gold Coast Hospital kindly gave their time in scanning the printed pages.
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