Western medicine and Australian Indigenous healing practices
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2006
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Resumo |
Most projects undertaken by government health organisations are formulated on values and beliefs about health and illness that are derived from Anglo/Celtic culture. Health beliefs differ between cultures and it has been identified that the differences in the Indigenous and non-Indigenous constructs of health impacts negatively on the effectiveness of mainstream healthcare provided to Indigenous peoples [2]. This implies that strategies that incorporate, or better still are derived from, Indigenous health beliefs have a greater potential to be effective. This article introduces a prospective survey project asking how western medicine and traditional treatments interface with each other. |
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Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal |
Relação |
http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=113511468118120;res=IELHEA Gorman, Don, Nielsen, Anne-Maree, & Best, Odette (2006) Western medicine and Australian Indigenous healing practices. Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 30(1), pp. 28-29. |
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Copyright 2006 Health Worker Aboriginal Corporation |
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Faculty of Health; School of Nursing |
Palavras-Chave | #Indigenous peoples #Health promotion #Aboriginal Australians |
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Journal Article |