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Culture in Health: A Neglected Necessity in the Australian Health Care System

Australia is a culturally diverse society located in a culturally diverse world that is also “on the move”. Our multicultural future is unquestionable, but is our health sector responding to this reality? It appears training institutions and service delivery agencies are sticking to conservative concepts about health. The radical scientific method that invented modern medicine seems unprepared to embark on new types of enquiry that will expand the concept of health and the role that culture plays in health outcomes. This article argues that this must change, not just so that more equitable and appropriate services will be available, but because it is economically efficient and there will be a dividend for the entire community.

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Subject: Cultural diversity Health reform

Journal edition: Edition 82

Date published: 01/03/2005