Aboriginal academic ignites conference with challenge to medical education

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Aboriginal academic ignites conference with challenge to medical education

Monday 19 August 2019, 10:13 AM

Aboriginal people were scientists long before white people arrived in Australia, says medical anthropologist Gregory Phillips, who shows a map of his tribal homeland

Around 500 delegates headed to Dunedin for this year’s RNZCGP Conference for General Practice. The conference theme was “Realising the potential in primary health care: technology, teamwork and equity”. New Zealand Doctor journalists Cliff Taylor, Alan Perrott and Barbara Fountain were there

In Australia when we talk about Aboriginal health, what we really mean is fitting Aborigines into the white health paradigm, and hoping for the best

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