ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES IN REMOTE AUSTRALIA HEALTH CARE DELIVERY — A DOCTOR'S ROLE

Abstract

Some of the health problems of Aboriginal communities in a remote region in tropical Australia are described. Deficiencies of a purely hospital-based health care system are outlined together with some of the problems an Aboriginal has on entering that system. A new role for a doctor is described where the consulting room is exchanged for a place on a community-based health team whose work is entirely at the domiciliary level.