Title An ethnography of stress : the social determinants of health in aboriginal Australia / Victoria Katherine Burbank

Edition First edition Published Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

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Description xiii, 219 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm Series Culture, mind and society Culture, mind, and society. Contents Introduction: Using social determinants of health, using ethnography -- At Numbulwar: blackfellas and whitefellas -- Life history and real life: fetal origins of disease, ethnography, and history -- Feeling bad: everyday stress - Identity -- Selves and others -- Conclusion: A tentative answer to a fundamental epidemiological question Summary "This book examines the global issue of health inequality through an in-depth look at a remote Australian Aboriginal community characterized by premature morbidity and mortality."--Publisher's website Notes Formerly CIP. Uk Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-201) and index Notes Also available online Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Health and hygiene -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Case studies. Aboriginal Australians -- Health and hygiene -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Numbulwar Community psychology -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Numbulwar Health -- Social aspects -- Australia -- Case studies. Health -- Social aspects -- Australia. Health -- Social aspects -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Numbulwar Indigenous peoples -- Health and hygiene -- Australia -- Case studies. Indigenous peoples -- Health and hygiene -- Australia. Medical anthropology -- Australia -- Case studies. Medical anthropology -- Australia. Social medicine -- Australia -- Case studies. Social medicine -- Australia. Stress (Psychology) -- Social aspects -- Australia -- Case studies. Stress (Psychology) -- Social aspects -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Numbulwar Stress (Psychology) -- Social aspects. Oceanic Ancestry Group -- ethnology. Stress, Psychological -- ethnology. Anthropology, Cultural. Minority Health -- ethnology. Socioeconomic Factors. Sociology, Medical. SUBJECT Numbulwar (N.T.) -- Social conditions Northern Territory. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015876 Genre/Form Case studies. LC no. 2010023205 ISBN 9780230110229 (hbk.)

Other Titles Social determinants of health in Aboriginal Australia

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