| Description |
xiii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Contents: 1. Approaches to the study of aboriginal health -- 2. Traditional patterns of health and disease -- 3. Colonisation and its consequences -- 4. Contemporary patterns of morbidity and mortality -- 5. Policy and practice in aboriginal health : the mainstream response -- 6. Health services : the aboriginal response -- 7. The political economy of aboriginal health |
| Summary |
Introductory tertiary text for health and social science subjects; reviews literature on Aboriginal health; discusses pre-contact health care and medical practice, mentions natural therapy, childbirth, religious therapy; discusses health consequences of colonisation, mentions nutrition, alcohol, tobacco, role of women in contact period; describes contemporary patterns of morbidity and mortality; mentions womens health, substance abuse; outlines state and Commonwealth Health Services and programs; discusses failure of mainstream services; outlines development of Aboriginal Health Services, two -way medicine, funding and evaluation, Aboriginal health workers and training; discusses political economy of Aboriginal health and policy implications |
| Analysis |
Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Health |
| Notes |
For tertiary students |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 198-217 |
| Notes |
For tertiary students |
| Subject |
Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Health
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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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Australoid race -- Australia
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Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
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Health Status.
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Oceanic Ancestry Group -- history.
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Socioeconomic Factors.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
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Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
| Author |
Gray, Dennis, 1947-
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| LC no. |
93208883 |
| ISBN |
1863730575 |
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