Includes health policy and programs; nutrition; child health; communicable diseases - sexually transmitted and leprosy; endocrine and metabolic diseases; blood and blood-forming diseases; mental health; nervous system and sensory organs - eyes and ears; diseases of circulatory system, respiratory system, digestive system, genito-urinary system, skin, musculoskeletal system; obstetrics and gynaecology; women's health; and substance abuse.
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This volume traces the complex reasons behind the disturbing discrepancy between the health and well-being of children in mainstream Australia and those in remote Indigenous communities.
This text is written for health professionals working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experiencing social and emotional wellbeing issues and mental health conditions.
This initiative resulted from Aboriginal frustration with the inadequacies and functional unavailability of the general health system . The perceived relationship of poor health status to powerlessness and loss of land resulted in a ...
This text describes what is distinctive about Indigenous approaches to health and healing and why it should be studied as a discrete field.
28, Issue 2, 99-127, 1998 (CSF Associates, Easton, PA). Powley, supra note 16 at para. 16. The utility of self government being a generic right is arguable. Campbell v. British Columbia (Attorney General (2000) BCSC 1123,79 B.C.L.R. ...
Yet, the successes in Aboriginal health care are little known and less appreciated. Part of the problem is how we define health in Canada. Traditionally Canada has defined health as the absence of disease in individuals.
This is a groundbreaking work, developed in consultation with Indigenous health professionals and researchers. It is essential reading for anyone working in Indigenous health.
Aboriginal Health, Identity and Resources