Managing Two Worlds Together: City Hospital Care for Country Aboriginal People - Project Report
Judith Dwyer, Janet Kelly, Eileen Willis, John Glover, Tamara Mackean, Brita Pekarsky and Malcolm Battersby
Department of Health Care Management, Flinders University
978-1-921889-12-7
The Managing Two Worlds Together project aims to add to existing knowledge of what works well and what needs improvement in the system of care for Aboriginal patients from rural and remote areas of South Australia (and parts of the Northern Territory). It explores their complex patient journeys and what happens when they come to Adelaide for hospital care.
The relationship between patients and health care providers is the foundation of care and requires communication across cultures, geography and life experiences. As a staff member in one rural Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service put it: 'It's like managing two worlds together, it doesn't always work'.
