Abstract
While acknowledging that in Australian Indigenous culture there is a long tradition of the delivery of medical care, this chapter sill focus on the practice of medicine in Australia provided by those practitioners educated in the 'Western' practice of medicine. Medicine in Australia has been practised by individuals trained in this manner since the beginning of white settlement in the latter part of the 18th century, with the arrival of several doctors on the first fleet n 1788 (Lewis 2014)
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Understanding the Australian Health Care System |
| Editors | Louise Reynolds, Deborah Debano, Joanne Travaglia |
| Place of Publication | Chatswood, NSW |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Chapter | 21 |
| Pages | 248-257 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Edition | 5th edition |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780729544290 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780729598859 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2024 |
Keywords
- medical profession
- Australia
- medical practitioner
- medical training
- Western medicine