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Wayne Christian is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner, is a proud descendant of the Meuram Clan from Erub Island (Darnley Island) in the Torres Straits. Wayne was born in Cairns and has extended Aboriginal family ties to Mornington Island and Cape York. Wayne calls Bamaga home. Bamaga is a remote community situated about 1100 km north of Cairns at the very tip of Australia. Wayne graduated Certificate IV in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care and has been practicing for the past 15 years. Wayne has been a member of National Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach and advocates the importance of Palliative Care services culturally safe and responsive grounded in cultural practices and ways of Knowing, Being and Doing. He states, “It is part and parcel as to how we look after our clients health journey from diagnosis to their end of life journey”. |