Medicines Book for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners

5th edition

Cover painting © Emily Cox. No further reproduction permitted without permission.

Illustrations by Julie A Taylor (JAT Illustrational), Alice Springs NT and Stephanie Mackie-Schneider from Flinders University.

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Medicines Book for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners, 5th edition 2022, CC-BY-NC

Publication details
ISBN: 978-0-6455848-6-8 (hardcopy)
ISBN: 978-0-6455848-7-5 (electronic)

First edition 2005
Second edition 2011
Third edition 2014
Fourth edition 2017
Fifth edition 2022

Published by Flinders University
PO Box 4066, Alice Springs, NT, 0871, Australia
E-mail: remotephcmanuals@flinders.edu.au
Website: www.remotephcmanuals.com.au

Suggested citation
Remote Primary Health Care Manuals (2022). Medicines Book for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners (5th edition). Alice Springs, NT: Flinders University

Disclaimer
The Medicines Book for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners and Health Workers has been written, edited, published, sold and distributed on the basis that all parties to its publication (including the authors, editors, editorial committee members, advisors, contributors and publishers) exclude any and all liability including for damages or loss, including but not limited to, by their negligence or defamation, arising out of the use, reliance upon or by reference to the information contained in the material. They are not responsible for errors, omissions, or for any consequences of application of the information contained herein and make no warranty in respect of its accuracy, currency or completeness.

Information within this publication should not be used as a substitute for professional qualified help or advice. Application of this information in a particular situation is the responsibility of the health practitioner, not the publication. The practice of medical procedures is risky and includes inherent risks, both known and unknown, in the practice of the procedures contained herein. The material is made available, sold and distributed expressly on the condition that all users of the material or people referring to this material agree to legally assume all the risks of injury and loss whatsoever, including the risk of our own negligence.