| Description |
xi, 306 pages; illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Background to Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal interactions in Australia -- 2. Inequality in Australia: Aboriginal communities today - Australians in poverty -- 3. Socio-cultural change -- 4. Aboriginal communities today: cultural vitality -- 5. Cross-cultural interaction -- 6. Aboriginal health: community empowerment |
| Summary |
Cultural awareness for health workers; sociological perspective of Aborigines in Australian society; the colonial process; government policies - segregation, assimilation, self-determination; institutional racism; power relations, poverty, employment, health, housing, education; cultural change in contemporary urban and rural social organisation; cross cultural interaction - case studies; etiquette |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Copy 3 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Health and hygiene.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Medical care.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions.
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| Author |
Chong, Ena
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Dowd, Toni
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Gray, Roy
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Martin, Mary.
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Nixon, Lynette
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| ISBN |
1863890297 |
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