• Aust Fam Physician · Jan 2014

    My journey into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.

    • Lara Wieland.
    • MBBS, FRACGP, FARGP, FACRRM, Grad Dip Rural GP (Aboriginal Health), MPH, is a general practitioner, Cape York, QLD.
    • Aust Fam Physician. 2014 Jan 1; 43 (1): 121412-4.

    AbstractAlthough all Australian healthcare providers are acutely aware of the health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, many general practitioners may feel unprepared to take on the challenge of working in an Aboriginal medical service or in a remote Indigenous community. To highlight the immense rewards, without minimising the challenges, AFP invited Dr Lara Wieland, a GP with longstanding experience in the front-line of providing primary care for Aboriginal peoples, to share her thoughts.

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