Some Aboriginal patients may have a different perspective on health compared to the western biomedical approach which underpins mainstream healthcare delivery. A culturally safe health professional has an awareness of differing worldviews and also reflects on their own culture and how they can...

What can you do to make sure patients feel safe in hospital? For a lot of Aboriginal people hospital has a lot of negative connotations and for some that means they will choose not to accept hospital treatment. The Specialists talk about why Aboriginal people don’t like going to hospital and what...

As a health professional working in a hospital, gaining informed consent is critically important. Unfortunately, patients often sign the consent form without understanding the procedure and associated risks. In this podcast, Tiwi Elder Pirrawayingi Puruntatameri shares his own hospital...