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Bureaucrats and bleeding hearts : indigenous health in northern Australia
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"This is an anthropological study of the culture of public health governance in the Northern Territory of Australia. It asks what it takes to become a helping white bureau-professional in Australia...
"This is an anthropological study of the culture of public health governance in the Northern Territory of Australia. It asks what it takes to become a helping white bureau-professional in Australias post-colonial frontier - someone who passionately cares about and resolutely strives toward improved health for Indigenous people and how their determination to help is sustained in the face of a self-declared history of failure."--Provided by publisher.
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- Creator
- Tess Lea
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Sydney, NSW : UNSW Press, 2008
- Physical Details
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- xviii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 1742230415, 1921410183, 9781742230412, 9781921410185
- OCLC
- ocn225876253, ocn476256114
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-267) and index.
Subjects
- Northern Territory. Territory Health Services
- Aboriginal Australians -- Medical care -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
- Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Government relations.
- Medical care -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Citizen participation.
- Community development -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
- Public health -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
- Bureaucracy -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
- Health Services, Indigenous -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
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- Government -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
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- Health Policy -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
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- Health Status Disparities -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
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- Healthcare Disparities -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
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- Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander -- Australia -- Northern Territory.
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