Cultural identiification inconsistently done by doctors

A hospital ward

A hospital ward Source: AAP

A new study of how medical professionals find and document information in patient care has revealed that the cultural heritage of Aboriginal people was much more likely to be mentioned than those of patients from other backgrounds.


It also found that identifying a patient's cultural heritage - including nationality, ethnicity and religion - is done inconsistently by doctors when transferring clinical information.


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