Supporting holistic care for patients with tuberculosis in a remote Indigenous community: a case report

Dr Andrea Miller

qualifications: FRACGP, FARGP (Adv Skill Adult Internal Medicine)

contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision

position: Senior Medical Officer

Dr. Andrea Miller is a Rural and Remote Generalist with advanced skills in Adult Internal Medicine (FRACGP/FARGP), and is currently applying these skills as a member of the Cape York Kidney Care Team, an MDT integrated tertiary level service that provides care for people with moderate to severe kidney disease in the remote Indigenous communities of the Western Cape. She is passionate about patient-centred medicine caring for people with chronic disease including CKD, diabetes and heart disease and has been serving the communities in Weipa and surrounds since late 2016.

Dr Alice Cairns

qualifications: PhD

contribution: Study conception and design, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision

position: HOT North Research Fellow

Ms Annah Richardson

qualifications: Master of Nursing (Rural and Remote)

contribution: Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision

position: Clinical Nurse

Ms Jill Lawrence

contribution: Study conception and design, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision

position: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Indigenous Health Worker