title: My journey into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
abstract: Although all Australian healthcare providers are acutely aware of the health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, many general practitioners may feel unprepared to take on the challenge of working in an Aboriginal medical service or in a remote Indigenous community. To highlight the immense rewards, without minimising the challenges, AFP invited Dr Lara Wieland, a GP with longstanding experience in the front-line of providing primary care for Aboriginal peoples, to share her thoughts.
authors.affiliation: MBBS, FRACGP, FARGP, FACRRM, Grad Dip Rural GP (Aboriginal Health), MPH, is a general practitioner, Cape York, QLD.
authors.forename: Lara
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wieland
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002321:Career Choice; D003469:Culture; D058005:General Practitioners / Q000523:psychology*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006303:Health Services, Indigenous; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012424:Rural Population