Ask the Specialist: stories to inspire better healthcare
Ask the Specialist is a podcast for health professionals who work with First Nations peoples in the place colonisers called the Northern Territory of Australia. Healthcare providers ask Arrernte, Larrakia, Tiwi, Warlpiri and Yolngu leaders their "burning questions" which span clinical to philosophical ideas. The Specialists are: Aunty Bilawara Lee, Pirrawayingi Puruntatameri, Rarrtjiwuy Melanie Herdman and Bernadette Nethercott, Jimmy Langdon, Sabella Kngwarraye Turner and Amelia Kngwarraye Turner.
Ask the Specialist was supported by the Communicate Study at Menzies School of Health Research. Episodes 8-10 were created in collaboration with Purple House, the Djalkiri Foundation and NT Health.
Ep 1-7:
Hosts: Vicki Kerrigan and Stuart Yiwarr McGrath
Voice over: Richard Margetson
Sound production: Hamish Robertson
Producer/Executive Producer: Vicki Kerrigan
Ep 8-10
Hosts: Kelly Clark and Christine Sanderson
Voice over: Brendan Phelan and Natasha Bertschi
Producer: Caddie Brain
Executive Producer: Vicki Kerrigan
Funding: Harry Christian Giese Research Into Action Award and Medical Research Futures Fund
Artwork: Amber Young
Music from https://filmmusic.io "Cold Funk" by Kevin MacLeod
Ask the Specialist: stories to inspire better healthcare
9. “Skin and kin” and culturally safe communication at end of life
Have you ever wondered how to handle end-of-life talks with First Nations peoples? In this episode, the Specialists explore how "skin and kin" defines family roles and responsibilities—and why the decision-maker isn’t always the “next of kin” as described on a hospital form.
This is Ask the Specialist, and in our podcast, the Specialists are First Nations leaders from across northern Australia. In this episode, Arrernte, Walpiri and Yolŋu leaders answer some of the burning questions from healthcare providers about how best to deliver culturally safe palliative care to First Nations peoples in the Northern Territory.
The Specialists are: Rarrtjiwuy Melanie Herdman, Jimmy Langdon, Sabella Kngwarraye Turner and Amelia Kngwarraye Turner.
Hosts: Kelly Clark from Danila Dilba Health Service and Christine Sanderson from NT Health.
Ask the Specialist: stories to inspire better healthcare was created by Vicki Kerrigan.