A doctor's dream
Subtitle: a story of hope from the Top End
By: Buddhi Lokuge, Tanya Burke
Contributors: Burke, Tanya
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Sydney
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781760110987
Subjects: Physicians; Health and hygiene; Scabies; Social conditions; Aboriginal Australian Children; Treatment; Medical care; Aboriginal Australians; Biography
Description: When Dr. Buddhi moved to Arnhem Land to run a health program for Aboriginal children, he had no idea he would face the challenge of his life. Six months into running the five million dollar program he realized it was going to fail, and that's when the trouble began. In the face of powerful opposition from high profile experts, he listened to the elders and took the slow road. Through painstaking observation and working in partnership with patients and the community, together they found a way to overcome a neglected disease as debilitating and stigmatized as leprosy. This is a powerful story of redemption, and an honest and inspiring account of a family living and working in remote Aboriginal Australia to give voice to forgotten people. -- Back cover.