| Description |
1 online resource : maps |
| Contents |
Preface -- Alice Springs and out bush: A time of utopian idealism -- The Pitjantjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra homelands -- The Pitjantjatjara home-made health service -- The Strelley mob and the Martu -- Pintupi country, Pintupi health -- The Spinifex people -- First contact, last contact -- The reoccupation of the Western Desert and the counter-attack -- Autonomy in Aboriginal health and the government response -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
"In Remote as Ever, David Scrimgeour tells the story of his working life as a doctor in isolated communities in Australia's Western Desert in the late 1970s. Being involved in the Homelands movement and the Aboriginal community-controlled health campaign gave him significant insight into the strength of the Aboriginal struggle for autonomy--a struggle too often undermined by government policy. In an account replete with strong controversies and stronger personalities, Scrimgeour demonstrates that the future of these communities, and indeed the health of its individual members, remain in the balance"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
David Scrimgeour AM has graduated in medicine and public health from the University of Melbourne and Harvard University, and is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health at the University of Adelaide. He has worked in many parts of Australia and the Third World as a general practitioner and public health physician. His main professional interest has been in the health care of Australian First Nations within the spirit of self-determination, particularly in the remote Western Desert region of Western Australia, Northern Territory and South Australia, where he has worked periodically for over forty years. In 2009 he became a member of the Order of Australia for his contributions to the health care of remote First Nations communities |
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Scrimgeour, David.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Desert (W.A.)
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Desert (W.A.) -- Social conditions
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Autonomy.
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Physicians -- Australia -- Western Desert (W.A.)
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HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand
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Aboriginal Australians
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Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions
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Autonomy
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Physicians
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Western Australia -- Western Desert
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780522878981 |
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0522878989 |
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