Title: Aboriginal health and society
First published: 1991
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.
Subjects: Health and hygiene, Social conditions, Socioeconomic Factors, Aborigines, Medical care, Health Status, Aboriginal Australians, History, Economics, Ethnic studies, Medical anthropology, Social groups & communities, Health/Fitness, Health Care Delivery, Health & Fitness, Medical / Nursing, Sociology - General, Australia, Health Care Issues, Public health, australia, Australian indigenous studies, Medicine, Oceanic Ancestry Group, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
Places: Australia
LC classification: RA553 .S24 1991