A vision for Australia's health
Subtitle: Dr Cecil Cook at work
By: Barry Leithhead
Publisher: Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd
Published: 2019
Place of publication: North Melbourne, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9781925984149; 9781925984316
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Physicians; Biography; Tropical medicine; Aboriginal Australians; Public health; Public health administration; Services for
Description: Dr Cecil Evelyn Aufrere Cook is most widely known as the Chief Protector of Aborigines in the Northern Territory (1929-37). In this role he is aligned with the Stolen Generations and the term 'breeding out the colour'. There was, however, much more to Dr Cook's professional life than this role and period and these topics..." -- Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The early years; title: 2. A developing vision of tropical medicine; title: 3. To work in North Australia, in four distinct roles; title: 4. Establishing aboriginal protection; title: 5. The policy of assimilation by adsorption; title: 6. At war against tropical disease; title: 7. Developing public health in Western Australia; title: 8. In Canberra : Connecting public health and native health and welfare; title: 9. Contributing to national health and medical research; title: 10. Working in his retirement years; title: 11. Interwoven themes that characterise Cook's work.