title: Medical aspects of Aboriginal health.
abstract: The pattern of disease in the Australian Aboriginal population as a whole, and the manifestations of this pattern in the Aboriginal individual, are atypical for Australia in general. This requires some adjustment of the doctor's approach to diagnosis, immediate patient care and family medicine management when dealing with Aboriginal patients.
mesh_terms: D000740:Anemia / Q000453:epidemiology; D001315:Australia; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D005006:Ethnicity; D006130:Growth Disorders; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006701:Home Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007109:Immunity; D007787:Lactose Intolerance / Q000453:epidemiology; D012423:Rural Health; D013997:Time Factors