An ethnography of stress: the social determinants of health in aboriginal Australia

This book examines the global issue of health inequality through an in-depth look at a remote Australian Aboriginal community characterized by premature morbidity and mortality. VICTORIA KATHERINE BURBANK Professor of Anthropology at the University of Western Australia. She is the author of 'Aboriginal Adolescence: Maidenhood inan Australian Community' and 'Fighting Women: Anger and Aggression in Aboriginal Australia.' INDICE: Introduction: Using Social Determinants of Health, Using Ethnography - At Numbulwar: Blackfellas and Whitefellas - Life History and Real Life: Fetal Origins of Disease, Ethnography, and History - Feeling Bad: Everyday Stress - Identity - Selves and Others - Conclusion: A Tentative Answer to a Fundamental Epidemiological Question -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-11022-9
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 234
• Fecha Publicación: 10/01/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido