Aboriginal Health and History : Power and Prejudice in Remote Australia

24x16cm, xvi,318 pp., Spine bump. Some minor rubbing. [" The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (1987-1991) focused attention on the behavioral 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 Kimberley. The author shows how the effects of social disruption, cultural dislocation and loss of power suffered by Aboriginal people have manifested themselves in certain behavioral patterns. He analyzes rising mortality rates from suicide, accidents and homicide among Kimberley Aboriginal communities and studies the economic impact of alcohol on these communities" - publisher's description]. Contents: Caduceus and clipboard; Time; Mabarn and medicine; Mortality in a time of change; Alcohol; Suicide; Bloodlines: violence to self and others; Issues of identity; Structures and change. Some pencilled marginal notes and underlinings. VG., dustwrapper.…