Encounters with Indigenous patients in Australian general practice

Abstract

The· BEt\CH progriun,·.~contID~ousn~tio¥s~dy~f~en#.etactice acrivitrin J\ustralia,"~ves .¿ an;verviewQtconsrdtati0ns -with . indigenous patiel!ts. B~een·1998 ~d .2903, geI1e(alp~ctition~rsr~f(loo5476 ~onsul!<lti~nswith. peopI;,!hoidentified thenlSeives.as being. of ~original andlor Torres StrctirJslander origin~ 111eseacC<luntedfor approximately .l~oftotal BEA()H.enco~ters f~rthe5Jear periO<i 1 In. thisatticle.we comeare 'indigenousencoUfiters'withtoralBEt\CH encounters. This provides a backd.ropagainst which articles in thlS issue of Australian Family Physician can befurtlierconsideroo;