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Background on Bawrunga Aboriginal Medical ServiceIndigenous health is related to the physical, cultural, emotional and the social wellbeing of the members of the Aboriginal community and the Torres Strait islander people. Most of these indigenous Australians are seen to experience poorer health conditions in comparison to the non-indigenous Australians therefore they tend to die at much younger ages (Parker & Milroy, 2014). There is a tend...

Facts and Legal issues of the caseThe case of Kartinyeri v Commonwealth (1998) 195 CLR 337, was regarding an Australian legal and political controversy involving the clash of religious practices and property rights of the Indigenous communities in Australia. From the very beginning, the facts of the case revolved around the construction of a bridge to Hindmarsh Island near the adjoining areas of Hindmarsh Island located near South Australia....

Importance of Addressing Mental Health Issues in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women Mental health issues have been ignored and overlooked with specific emphasis on the proportion of women population belonging to the aboriginal community (Acharya et al., 2017). Mental health issues have been perceived with a stigmatized belief by the members within the community. In accordance to the evidences revealed by the research studies, a major...

Overview of Spaulding’s Classification SystemSpaulding’s classification is an instrument classification system for instruments used for reprocessing of decisions. There were three classifications of instruments namely the critical, semi-critical and non-critical instruments. Critical equipment is those which normally enter the sterile tissue or the vascular tissue and often require sterilization. They are first cleaned before ster...

The Importance of Including Indigenous PerspectivesAustralia is the homeland of diverse Aborignal communities that account for more than 2% or 400,000 of population. The language, history and culture of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population are integral to the national identity of the Australian nation. The nation identifies the need of supporting teachers for including indigenous perspectives in the curricula with the aim of im...

FocusThis lesson plan is developed for a year 2 class, keeping correlation with the Aboriginal pedagogy. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (ATSI) form a significant portion of not only the country’s demographic populace, but also the nation’s cultural and traditional historical heritage. Tyson Kawooppa Yunkaporta (2009), therefore created the 8 way framework for aboriginal pedagogy wherein his primary objective was to ex...

Preconceived Notions about AboriginalsIn this essay I would discuss about my beliefs and values about the aboriginals and the Torres Strait Islanders and how that belief influenced my communication with the Aboriginal people. Before commencing this subject, I had a different belief about the aboriginal people.  It appeared that they have any fixed habitation and that they used to sleeping in a cave or rocks. The relationship of smoking a...

Measures to Minimize Radiation ExposureQ1) List at least ten measures that can be taken to minimise radiation for patients, operators and others? Measures to be considered to minimise the radiation for patients, operators and others are as follows (Arpansa.gov.au, 2019): Unnecessary people should not be allowed in the radiation room before exposure. The patient and the operator must wear a protective apron before undergoing any kind of ex...

Understanding the ACCHS Model of Comprehensive Primary HealthcareSelf-determination is a procedure and a right exercised by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Australians (McHugh, 2004). It includes their collective right in decision making. It is thus a central procedure and right for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Australians. This is because it underpins the well being of the people culturally, as a community, family a...

The Principle of ParityRead all the laws prescribed by a country and you will find that you are living in a utopia. Most of the books under the title of the constitution and penal codes or laws of the state advocates’ equality among all the citizens of the country. “The principle of parity” is a magical word. Check out the constitutions of various democratic countries and you will find “The Principle of Parity” wr...

Protecting and preserving the Tjukurpa landscapeMost of the ecosystem and conservation programs try to complement the inclusiveness, sufficiency and illustrative-ness of the public reserve system by addressing to safeguard the ecosystems on the private land. None of the parks exists in separation, and the facts about the park are quite clear since the areas around the parks are usually developed for an existing space, farming, forestry and m...

Difference between Caseload Midwifery and GP Shared Care ModelsA woman came to a booking visit at an organization where two model of care was available to her. The first included the midwifery group practice (the caseload model) and the second included standard hospital maternity care. Midwifery group practice can be defined as midwife-led model of antenatal care where physical assessment, antenatal education peer support is coordinated by a m...

Benefits of Mabo Decision and the Native Title ActThe Mabo decision given by the High Court had a profound impact on Australia in which the land rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander were recognised. On 3rd June 1992, Mabo decision was made by the High Court in which it was decided that terra nullius should not be applied to Australia. Before 1992, the principle of terra nullius provided that Australian lands belong to no one an...

Description of the Goal Also known as the Global Goals for Sustainable Development, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the 17 goals set by the United Nations General Assembly with the principal aim of protecting the planet, ending poverty and ensuring prosperity for everyone. The goals are comprehensive and interdependent yet each one of them has a distinct list of targets that need to be achieved by 2030 (Barbier and Burgess, 2017). The 1...

The Importance of a Holistic Approach for Patients with Chronic Illnesses A holistic approach to wellbeing is required for tackling any chronic illnesses including diabetes. Neglect by any of the partnering care departments might lead to undesired outcomes in useful results as noted in the 40-year-old Aboriginal woman in the preluded interview. The holistic approach by Bridge is a theory that is also supported by re-known world doctors. Doctor B...

Uranium Mining in AustraliaSince the times of the second world war, there are two major periods of uranium mining in Australia. In the first period, which is around 1954, uranium is mined from the Mary Kathleen (Queensland), Rum Jungle (Northern Territory) (figure 2 and figure 1), and Radium Hill (South Australia) along with the smaller mines in the that are located in the South Alligator (Northern Territory). It is important to highlight that...

The tradition of gifting blankets to the Aboriginal peopleThe history of blanket distribution in Sydney involves various events, perspectives, cultures and heritage. From the very beginning, blankets plays significant role in the history and culture of Aboriginal people. In this regard, it is worth mentioning that, the distribution of blankets among the Aboriginal communities forms an important part of their culture and tradition as it signifi...

Diverse community groups Please type your answers directly in to the textbox, save the document and rename with your surname using the following format, Name Assessment 1_WWDP Assessment task 1 is about capturing your attitudes and beliefs around different diverse community groups. It is about reflecting on how your attitudes and beliefs might have changed over the years. Most people find that their values, attitudes and beliefs change ov...

Cancer Stem Cells and Therapy ResistanceDiscuss About The Clinical Implications Of Cancer Cell Biology. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are the most deadly forms of cancer with the shortest expectations of life after diagnosis [1]. PDAC is the fourth leading cause of death in the western world and incidence of this cancer is increasing, probably due to the epidemic of obesity and diabete...

Health Issue of the AboriginalsWrite about the Critical Paper on Primary Health Care for Australian Aboriginals. Aboriginals or the Torres Strait Islanders are defined as the Indigenous Australians. Due to their social, cultural and economic condition, they are suffering from many health issues. One of the most concerned health issues is the infant mortality or premature death in the population (Stoneham, Goodman & Daube, 2014)....

BackgroundDiscuss about the Reflection Report of Clinical Radiology. Health care sector has completely reformed in recent time and changed its requirements from radiology professional in the clinical field. This reform also required to consider different areas for the placement of new radiography students in clinical sector. This reform of health care sector has made an essential requirement of outpatients units in different hospitals. ...

Analysis of the Medical Emergency ProceduresHow to do the media annotation ? The review of the given video scenario on ‘Code Blue, Full code’, it was evident that the medical practitioners applied various strategies to resuscitate the unresponsive patient, and eventually able to change the code blue status to normal by restarting the cardiac pulse. The patient was unresponsive at first with no pulse, but after the pulse, reg...

Hallmarks of Metastatic CancerQuestion:Discuss about the Identifying Hallmark of Cancer Biology with detailed.Metastatic cancer is a type of cancer in which cancer cells transfer to different organs in contrast to the site where it was first formed. The other part of the body in which it forms the new tumor is called as metastatic tumors. Metastatic of cancer takes place in a complex system of heterogeneous cell population. One of the hallmarks ...

Fundamental Ethical Principles in Dental PracticeDiscuss about the Ethics in Dental Management. The dental profession holds a notable position of trust within the community. As a consequence of this, the members of the society offer this profession enjoys certain level of professional privileges which are not available to the other members of public at large. In return to this special privilege, the profession makes certain level of com...

Nephron structureDiscuss about the Structure Of The Kidney. The nephron is the microscopic structure of the kidney, made up of about one million small tubes known as the tubulues. The nephrons confer both the functional as well as structural unit of the kidneys. The nephron consists of two compartments: the malphagian body and the renal tubes. The malphagian body is a double walled cup that surrounds several capillaries. This cup is com...