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    INTRODUCTIONAboriginal health is an essential tool in health care today. The case study concerns an Indigenous lady from a remote community. This case study will define culture shock, transcultural theory. Finally, it will state the recommendations that can be acquired to improve the current problem of indigenous health care, since it can be noted that the health of indigenous people tends to deteriorate. Culture shock Culture is above all individual knowledge based on belief, art and moral customs. Culture shock occurs when people have different values ​​and beliefs and are intolerant of each other's differences (Eckermann, Dowd, Chong, Nixon, Gray, & Johnson, 2006.). Separation from important people in our lives such as family, friends and colleagues. Who we often talk to sometimes in our certainty can affect our physical, social, emotional, and mental health (Eckermann, Dowd, Chong, Nixon, Gray, & Johnson, 2006.). In this case, Jenny has to go to a hospital in a city. to give birth, she is separated from her husband and children. Another example of culture shock is when Isabel is fed through a nasogastric tube while Jenny is used to breastfeeding. Aboriginal dispossession Germov (2009) stated that the invasion and subsequent colonization of Australia by the British was declared terra nullius, meaning unoccupied land. “The term reveals the ethnocentric belief that the continent's indigenous occupants had no rights to the land, because they did not exploit it as Europeans would” (Germov, 2009, p. 160). The indigenous people of Australia were nomadic and searched for food. from one place to another. According to Germov (2009), however, after the British began to cultivate the land during ...... middle of paper ......, health became a problem since the past and still remains a problem. problem so far. In conclusion, appropriate measures must be taken to support Indigenous Australians in improving the health of individuals, thereby making society a better place for all. REFERENCES Crisp, J. and Taylor, C. (Eds.). (2009). Chapter 8, Fundamentals of Nursing by Potter and Perry (3rd ed.). Sydney: Mosby. Eckermann, A., Dowd, T., Chong, E., Nixon, L., Gray, R., and Johnson, S. (2006). Binan Goonj: Bridging cultures in indigenous health. (2nd.). Sydney: Churchill Livingston Germov, J. (2009). Second opinion: An introduction to the sociology of health (4th ed.). Victoria: Oxford University Press. Willis, K. and Elmer, S. (2007). Society, culture and health: an introduction to sociology for nurses. Victoria, Australia: Oxford University Press.