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Welcome to the May 2012 homepage edition of i2P-Information to Pharmacists. Rollo Manning has been having some time out having staples removed from the site of his open heart surgery.He is now at home recuperating in Darwin, having arrived home last Friday, beating a cold and hasty retreat from Canberra.We all wish him a speedy recovery and hopefully, he will be fit enough to contribute by next month.
This month, Pharmedia discusses the toll that is taken when someone complains about you to an authority without good cause. Well, the good news is that you can now take action to protect yourself if such a complaint is made, and that may even include action for defamation. Read about a recent case involving two doctors, with Mark Coleman drawing on personal experience to illustrate.

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Aboriginal Health in Northern Australia

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Rollo Manning has experienced pharmacy practice from all sectors of the industry – retail, administrative, policy and remote Aboriginal practice. He spent 10 years with Glaxo Australia and was the first Director of Public Relations at the Pharmacy Guild National Secretariat in Canberra. He has also held the position of Pharmacy Policy Officer for Territory Health Services in Darwin. Rollo is currently a Consultant working in his own practice with remote Aboriginal communities, in Northern Australia.

Editor's Note: Currently there is a greater focus in respect of Indigenous health. And about time, some would say.
Only very small pockets of the pharmacy profession have attempted to come to terms with this major problem, and they genuinely need your management assistance.
Rollo Manning could well be regarded as the pharmacy expert in indigenous health, and he vigorously defends the rights of indigenous people to enjoy good health - just like the rest of the Australian community.
Rollo's sympathetic insights reflect his long association with, and understanding of, the issues surrounding indigenous health.
Recently, I attended a screening of the film Samson and Delilah, a film that deals with aboriginal problems in a very confronting fashion. It is not an enjoyable film, but it is one that every person in Australia should experience to gain an understanding of the problems involving indigenous people.
Once you have seen it, ask yourself "What can I do next to provide a solution?".
It will not be an easy answer.

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All parties who are providing services to remote living Aboriginal people have to recognise the different view of the world these people have. It is only when policies and programs meet the world view perception that success is likely. To take a position which assumes they understand the ways of the dominant culture is a completely misleading situation.

It is not a matter of learn and you can move in the world of the dominant culture.

It is a matter of the dominant culture understanding the world of the Aboriginal person who less than 50 years ago was living under a tree and hunting for their food. Employment, jobs, responsibility and empowerment were not words in their dictionary.

The following cartoon illustrates the position.

Next month – the meaning of pharmacy in the world of the traditional Aborigine.

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For further information contact the author

Rollo Manning, PO Box 98 Parap NT 0804
rollom@iinet.net.au
Tel: 08 8942 2101 or 0411 049 872

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