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This book presents the everyday experience of disease in a remote Australian Aboriginal community. The book explores the factors structuring ill health, the tactics individuals use to negotiate these realities, and the ways in which sickness is invoked to construct, manage, and challenge race relati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Saethre, Eirik
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Aboriginal Australians > Medical care.
Aboriginal Australians > Health and hygiene.
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
Australiens (Aborigenes) > Soins medicaux.
Australiens (Aborigenes) > Sante et hygiene.
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander > ethnology
Chronic Disease > ethnology
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book presents the everyday experience of disease in a remote Australian Aboriginal community. The book explores the factors structuring ill health, the tactics individuals use to negotiate these realities, and the ways in which sickness is invoked to construct, manage, and challenge race relations. -- Provided by publisher.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (224 pages).
ISBN:9780826519221

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