Aboriginal health and society
Subtitle: the traditional and contemporary aboriginal struggle for better health
By: Sherry Saggers and Dennis Gray.
Contributors: Gray, Dennis, 1947-
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 1991
Place of publication: North Sydney, NSW, Australia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Aboriginal Australians -- Health and hygiene.; Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions.; Aboriginal Australians -- Medical care.; Aborigines -- history -- Australia.; Health Status.; Socioeconomic Factors.
Other titles: Aboriginal health & society.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-217) and index.