| Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health practitioner |
- understands culture and mob
- culturally safe clinical care services
- health assessments
- health education
- help doctors better understand
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| Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health worker |
- understands culture and mob
- support and answers questions
- can act as communicator for both the medical team and our mob
- provide cultural education to the health team
- have input into planning and working closely with our mob for the best possible holistic outcomes
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| Aboriginal Liaison Officer |
- understands culture and beliefs
- can offer support, and talk with other members of your treatment team
- provide emotional, social and cultural help for our patients and families
- help you yarn with health professionals
- help you understand about the medical procedures and other things that may be happening to you
- help you with the admission and going home process
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| General practitioner (GP) |
- your local doctor who provides ongoing care
- will be able to help other doctors understand your medical history.
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| Dietitian |
- provides advice on healthy eating to manage medical conditions and improve your overall health.
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| Exercise physiologist |
- provides advice on exercises and plans to improve and maintain your fitness and physical health.
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| Nurse |
- assesses and treats common conditions and can coordinate your healthcare.
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| Occupational therapist |
- helps adapt your home or work to help you get back to what you used to do
- help you with independence which is so important for our mobs.
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| Medical Oncologist |
- doctor who treats people with cancer
- form part of your team and will support you with dealing with other health professionals.
- help you make decisions about your treatment and ongoing care
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| Oncology nurse |
- nurse who specialises in caring for people with cancer
- will care for you during and after your treatment, and may help to deliver some treatments
- help with looking at you as a whole and not just looking at the cancer.
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| Palliative care specialist |
- doctor who specialises in managing symptoms of advanced cancer such as pain
- can make sure your physical, practical, emotional and spiritual needs are met
- help you make decisions about your treatment and ongoing care.
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| Pharmacist |
- provides health information
- sells and advises on medications.
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| Physiotherapist |
- helps you with physical problems after cancer treatment, such as improving your walking or your strength.
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| Psychologist |
- help your emotional and mental health needs by providing you counselling and specific therapies.
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| Radiation oncologist |
- doctor who specialises in radiotherapy.
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| Radiologist |
- doctor who looks at scans and x-rays to diagnose and stage the disease
- Can take out a small part of the tumour using a needle for a biopsy
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| Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB) worker |
- Social and emotional wellbeing is important for our health outcomes – it covers all health, connection to land, Country, culture, spirituality, family and community.
- helps people with issues that impact everyday living and families.
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| Social worker |
- links people with cancer and their carers to support services and helps with emotional, practical or financial issues.
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| Specialist |
- doctor who has done many years of training to focus on one area of health
- these fellas are highly skilled in that area of medicine.
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| Surgeon |
- removes all of the tumour, or as much of the tumour as possible, or part of the tumour in a procedure called a biopsy
- investigates the size of the tumour and if the cancer has spread. This process is called staging and is often used to guide treatment decisions.
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