On the whole, they’re used to East Asian health professionals, and some even deliberately seek East Asian doctors.
They do NOT like South East Asian HCWs, but will tolerate it. There are regular requests in community groups for an ‘Australian’ doctor, and whilst there is plenty of pushback from commenters about what makes a doctor Australian, they tend to say they have issues with the accent (not overly unwarranted, I have an Australian accent but can speak fast, and this is probably the most common feedback I get).
There are a bigoted few who will actually refuse to see Aboriginal clinicians.
On the whole, they’re used to East Asian health professionals, and some even deliberately seek East Asian doctors.
They do NOT like South East Asian HCWs, but will tolerate it. There are regular requests in community groups for an ‘Australian’ doctor, and whilst there is plenty of pushback from commenters about what makes a doctor Australian, they tend to say they have issues with the accent (not overly unwarranted, I have an Australian accent but can speak fast, and this is probably the most common feedback I get).
There are a bigoted few who will actually refuse to see Aboriginal clinicians.