Indigenous Australian Cultural Practices

Nurse Working in Palliative Setting

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Abstract

The aim of this essay is to explore the Aboriginal culture of Australia and have a deeper

understanding of it, in order to analyse the cultural competency of a nurse working in

palliative settings.

This essay will mainly explore different cultural practices, norms and traditions that take

place in the indigenous people of Australia during dying and death ceremonies. The essay

will then evaluate and analyse that how a nurse can follow neutral values and provide an apt

palliative care.

Death Ceremonies practiced by Indigenous people of Australia

Aboriginal culture is one of the oldest cultures present in the world today, which has survived

in the ever changing world. The tribal population of Australia is a mix of diverse groups that

is composed of several cultures, kinship, living conditions and languages. It can be

complicated for a nurse to understand this culture because of the diversity and numerous

values that they hold. Thus, providing palliative care to these people can be a difficult task.

When it comes to death, dying and mourning, the indigenous people of Australia have

different cultural practices and notions from other Australian groups. They have several

religious ideologies that accompany death and dying in their culture (Korff, J., 2015).