RHETORIC, REALITY AND RACISM: THE GOVERNANCE OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER HEALTH WORKERS IN A STATE GOVERNMENT HEALTH SERVICE IN AUSTRALIA

Rhetoric, Reality and Racism: The Governance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers in a State Government Health Service in Australia

Background In northern Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers (A&TSIHWs) are unique members of nominally integrated teams of primary care professionals.Spurred by research documenting ongoing structural violence experienced by Indigenous health providers and more recent challenges to recruitment and retention of A&TSIHWs, t

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Comparisons of foveal thickness and slope after macular hole surgery with and without internal limiting membrane peeling

Kouichi Ohta, Atsuko Sato, Nami Senda, Emi Fukui Department of Ophthalmology, Matsumoto Dental University, Nagano, Japan Background: We have shown that 75 corvette door panels the foveal contour was asymmetrical after idiopathic macular hole (MH) closure by pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with internal limiting membrane (ILM) peeling.The purpose of thi

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