I spent some time at an Aboriginal medical clinic as a Canadian.
Biggest differences off the top of my head
A) Aussie Abos had supernatural beliefs responding with fear and complete deniao to any suggestion that they could be diabetic. They treated it as a curse, similar to if you had just been told you had cancer or AIDs. Presumably because anyone they knew with diabetes died.
B) Aussie Abos had terrible skin and were chronically infected with scabies. We used to hand antibiotics for secondary infections out like candy. Canadian aboriginals can get scabies too, but I'd never seen anything like Oz before.
C) Aussie Abos universally wouldn't wait in the waiting room for their appointment, even in the middle of southern hemisphere summer and a building with A/C. They would be smoking in groups on the corner and I'd personally have to go outside and wrangle my next patient on my daysheet constantly.
I spent some time at an Aboriginal medical clinic as a Canadian.
Biggest differences off the top of my head
A) Aussie Abos had supernatural beliefs responding with fear and complete deniao to any suggestion that they could be diabetic. They treated it as a curse, similar to if you had just been told you had cancer or AIDs. Presumably because anyone they knew with diabetes died.
B) Aussie Abos had terrible skin and were chronically infected with scabies. We used to hand antibiotics for secondary infections out like candy. Canadian aboriginals can get scabies too, but I'd never seen anything like Oz before.
C) Aussie Abos universally wouldn't wait in the waiting room for their appointment, even in the middle of southern hemisphere summer and a building with A/C. They would be smoking in groups on the corner and I'd personally have to go outside and wrangle my next patient on my daysheet constantly.