You are a student on placement and have assessed Gerry, an Indigenous male with a history of diabetes, who is being treated for a fractured ankle. Gerry tells you that he hurt his ankle when he was walking up the steps at the back of his house. His right thong caught the step, and he fell. It didn’t help that the back light globe wasn’t working. Gerry states that earlier that evening he had been at his daughter’s house celebrating his grandson’s tenth birthday, where he enjoyed birthday cake and a few drinks.
You are documenting your case notes when you hear your direct supervisor, who is responsible for writing your next performance report, comment ‘Here we go again…another drunk Aboriginal taking up our resources’.