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1 online resource (streaming video file) (51 min. 5 sec.) ; 309993812 bytes |
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Three years ago, in Desperately Seeking Doctors, feisty and outspoken Scottish GP Dr Mary Fortune answered an urgent call to help ease the shortage of doctors in regional Western Australia. Her brief encounter with Aboriginal health touched a nerve. So now she's back for a three month stint in an Aboriginal health service in Kununurra in the remote rugged and scenic North West of Australia. In Desperately Seeking Doctors: The Kimblerley, Dr Mary brings a brave heart and a fresh eye to the challenges of Australian health care.More than half way through Dr Mary's secondment, an Australian General Election is called. Dr Mary hopes this could lead to a new dawn in indigenous health funding but the signs aren't good. As her time in Kununurra continues, Dr Mary becomes aware of the role alcohol plays in her patient's lives. In the Kimberley, people drink two and a half times the state average and there is four and a half times the number of alcohol related deaths. With this rising tide of alcohol-related illness and violence, and dwindling resources, Dr Mary finds out how hard it can be just to get one man a place in rehab. (Commissioned by SBS) (Documentary Series) (Part 2 of 2) PG CC |
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Broadcast 2011-12-27 at 19:30:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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Aboriginal Australians -- Alcohol use.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Health and hygiene.
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Alcoholism -- Health aspects.
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Federal aid to rural health services.
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Medicine, Rural.
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Physicians, Foreign.
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Western Australia -- Kimberley.
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Streaming video
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Fortune, Mary, contributor
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