Description |
xvi, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
1. Caduceus and Clipboard -- 2. Time -- 3. Mabarn and Medicine -- 4. Mortality in a Time of Change -- 5. Alcohol -- 6. Suicide -- 7. Bloodlines: Violence to Self and Others -- 8. Issues of Identity -- 9. Structures and Change |
Summary |
Examines Aboriginal health in the Kimberley in the context of its contemporary social history; impacts of pastoralism , mining, pearling, missions and government; conflicting Aboriginal and western medical traditions; administrative responses to disease - leprosy; population estimates and mortality rates; alcohol abuse - theories and studies; survey of alcohol use in the Kimberley and its effects; theories of suicide in the Aboriginal population; deaths in custody - survey of cases in the Kimberley and related factors; social context of violence - self-mutilation and domestic violence; community violence - Balgo; identity - changes om gender power relations, inter-racial status, economic and social roles; development of Aboriginality; identity in children; theories of anomie; gambling; general problems of change - stereotypes and imposed solutions; schema of the development paradigm and its relation to Aborigines |
Analysis |
Australia |
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Ethnic groups Mental health |
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Aboriginal culture |
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Aborigines |
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Alcohol drinking |
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Crimes against persons |
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Kimberley Region |
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Mental health |
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Social change |
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Social conditions |
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Suicide |
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Western Australia |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-313) and index |
Notes |
Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection |
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English |
Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Alcohol use -- Australia -- Kimberley (W.A.)
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Aboriginal Australians -- Alcohol use -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Kimberley
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Aboriginal Australians -- Alcohol use.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Health and hygiene -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Kimberley Region
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Aboriginal Australians -- Health and hygiene -- Australia -- Western Australia.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- History.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Mental health -- Australia -- Kimberley (W.A.)
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Aboriginal Australians -- Mental health -- Kimberley Region, Western Australia
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Aboriginal Australians -- Mental health -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Kimberley Region
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Aboriginal Australians -- Mental health -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Kimberley
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Aboriginal Australians -- Mortality -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Kimberley
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Psychology.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Kimberley (W.A.) -- Social conditions.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Suicidal behavior -- Australia -- Kimberley (W.A.)
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Aboriginal Australians -- Suicidal behavior -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Kimberley
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Aboriginal Australians -- Suicidal behavior.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Alcohol use
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Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Suicidal behavior
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Aboriginal Australians -- Mortality -- Australia -- Kimberley (W.A.)
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Aboriginal Australians -- Kimberley Region, Western Australia -- Social conditions
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Kimberley Region -- Social conditions
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Psychology
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Social conditions
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Suicidal behaviour
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Control (Psychology)
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Ethnopsychology -- Australia -- Western Australia.
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Health status indicators -- Australia -- Western Australia.
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Health status -- Western Australia
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Power (Social sciences)
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Prejudices.
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Social problems -- Australia -- Western Australia.
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Aborigines -- history
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Aborigines -- psychology
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Oceanic Ancestry Group -- history.
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Oceanic Ancestry Group -- psychology.
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Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
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Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.
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Behavioral Disciplines and Activities.
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Behavioral Sciences.
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Continental Population Groups.
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Control (Psychology)
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Demography.
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Environment and Public Health.
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Epidemiologic Measurements.
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Geographicals
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Delivery of Health Care.
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Health Status.
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History.
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Humanities.
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Motivation.
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Named Groups
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Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
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Persons.
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Population Characteristics.
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Population Groups.
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Power (Psychology)
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Prejudice.
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Psychiatry and Psychology
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Psychology, Social.
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Psychology.
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Public Health.
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Social Problems.
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Social Sciences.
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Sociology.
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SUBJECT |
Western Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014904 |
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Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
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Geographic Locations. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005842 |
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Western Australia. (Health Status) |
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Western Australia. (Oceanic Ancestry Group) |
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Western Australia (Oceanic Ancestry Group) |
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Western Australia. Power (Psychology) |
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Western Australia. (Prejudice) |
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Western Australia. (Social Problems) |
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Western Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014904 |
LC no. |
92049158 |
ISBN |
0521416299 |
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0521447607 |