Aboriginal health

dc.contributor.authorMoodie, P. Men_AU
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-18T06:08:12Z
dc.date.available2017-04-18T06:08:12Z
dc.date.copyright1973en_AU
dc.date.issued1973
dc.date.updated2017-04-18T06:08:12Z
dc.description.abstractFrom this study of Aboriginal health a depressing picture emerges. The death rate for Aborigines from almost all causes, and the incidence of communicable disease, is much higher than for white Australians. Much of Aboriginal ill-health is directly associated with poverty and poor living conditions - and therefore hygiene - and with malnutrition, particularly among the children. On health grounds alone, the Aborigines are shown to be severely handicapped in almost every aspect relative to white Australians, and to other indigenous minorities such as the Maoris and the American Indians. Though it is recognised that an Aboriginal 'health problem' exists and a good deal of factual material has been collected, no systematic survey of the available data has ever been made. If the problem is to be solved, the available knowledge must be collated and interrelated. That is the aim of this study. The book covers a wide range of diseases and patterns and causes of death among Aborigines and part-Aborigines throughout Australia; it shows many gaps in knowledge, in particular the lack of ordered statistics with which those concerned with Aboriginal health must contend. The problem of Aboriginal health will not be solved quickly, but Dr Moodie{u2019}s work, and the suggestions he makes, provide a basis on which future policy may be developed. This book is essential reading for all concerned with the quality of life in Australia and with the plight of the Aborigines.en_AU
dc.format.extent307 pagesen_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.otherb1052711en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/114988
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.provenanceThis republication is part of the digitisation project being carried out by Scholarly Information Services/Library and ANU Press under the provisions of Section 200AB of the Copyright Act, 1968 - http://www6.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca1968133/s200ab.htmlen_AU
dc.publisherAustralian National University Press
dc.rightsAuthor/s retain copyrighten_AU
dc.subject.lcshAboriginal Australians Health and hygieneen_AU
dc.subject.lcshAboriginal Australians Medical careen_AU
dc.titleAboriginal healthen_AU
dc.typeBooken_AU
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.placeofpublicationCanberra, ACT, Australiaen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailanupress@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.publisher.urlhttp://press.anu.edu.au/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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