Aboriginal Health Care

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It is sad that Aboriginal community felt that the health care they need are not being met knowing that Australia is considered as a first world country. Although there are lot of programs that specially made for the Aboriginal community, there is still a lot of health issue that is being face by this community and there is still a high mortality and morbidity of certain diseases compared to non-indigenous group. There is still need for more health advancement programs, more primary health care services that is accessible for indigenous group, better identification of health conditions before it progresses to more serious condition and greater cultural competence of service provider (Healthinfonet, 2015). As health professional we need to

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