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  • The ‘Right Story’ to the ‘Right Person’: Communication Issues in End-of-Life Care for Indigenous People

    Author(s)
    McGrath, Pamela Della
    Ogilvie, Katherine F
    Rayner, Robert D
    Holewa, Hamish F
    Patton, Mary Anne S
    Griffith University Author(s)
    McGrath, Pamela D.
    Year published
    2005
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    Abstract
    To explore communication issues faced by health care workers and Indigenous patients and their families in a palliative care setting. Effective communication with Aborigines is especially important because Aboriginal beliefs of health and sickness are so different from Western views. Method: Data were collected from 72 qualitative interviews conducted throughout the regional, rural and remote areas of the Northern Territory with Indigenous patients and carers and the health professionals who care for them. Results: Participants highlighted the struggle associated with effective communication when working in a cross-cultural ...
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    To explore communication issues faced by health care workers and Indigenous patients and their families in a palliative care setting. Effective communication with Aborigines is especially important because Aboriginal beliefs of health and sickness are so different from Western views. Method: Data were collected from 72 qualitative interviews conducted throughout the regional, rural and remote areas of the Northern Territory with Indigenous patients and carers and the health professionals who care for them. Results: Participants highlighted the struggle associated with effective communication when working in a cross-cultural setting at the interface of Indigenous and Western health care. The findings record the wisdom and insight from practitioners who have extensive experience dealing with communication difficulties.
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    Journal Title
    Australian Health Review
    Volume
    29
    Issue
    3
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1071/AH050306
    Subject
    Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/58051
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