Aboriginal Health and History: Power and Prejudice in Remote Australia
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Aboriginal Health and History: Power and Prejudice in Remote Australia
Book Details
- Author
- Ernest Hunter
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Category
- Australian & New Zealand Indigenous
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780521416290
- ISBN-10
- 0521416299
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ISBN: 0521416299
Author: Hunter, Ernest
Condition: New
The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (1987-1991) focused attention on the behavioural dimension of Aboriginal health and the lack of appropriate services. This book is a systematic analysis of the sociohistorical and intercultural aspects of mental health in one area of remote Australia, the Kimberly. The author shows how the effects of social disruption, cultural dislocation and loss of power suffered by Aboriginal people have manifested themselves in certain behavioural patterns. The book analyses rising mortality rates from suicide, accidents and homicide amongst Kimberley Aboriginal communities and studies the economic impact of alcohol on these communities. It also considers the role of alcohol in producing violent behaviour and affecting the general level of health.
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