Aboriginal health and society

Introductory tertiary text for health and social science subjects; reviews literature on Aboriginal health; discusses pre-contact health care and medical practice, mentions natural therapy, childbirth, religious therapy; discusses health consequences of colonisation, mentions nutrition, alcohol, tobacco, role of women in contact period; describes contemporary patterns of morbidity and mortality; mentions womens health, substance abuse; outlines state and Commonwealth Health Services and programs; discusses failure of mainstream services; outlines development of Aboriginal Health Services, two -way medicine, funding and evaluation, Aboriginal health workers and training; discusses political economy of Aboriginal health and policy implications.