Aboriginal and Torres Strait  Islander health.  General practice embraces its significant role to  close the gap.
Like the featured authors, we have spent most of our working lives in remote, mostly Aboriginal communities. A common theme in these papers is the need to link clinical practice, prevention and appropriate policy to improve health outcomes. We need to consider our patients and their wider social context.
John
J
Wakerman
Kylie
K
Stothers
D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000401:mortality; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D058006:General Practice; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006303:Health Services, Indigenous / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence