Cruel, Poor, and Brutal Nations

Cruel, Poor, and Brutal Nations
Author: John Cawte
Publisher:
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1972
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

Psychiatric Field Unit Survey on Mornington Island; cultural identity and mental health; child-rearing practices; Kaiadilt and Lardil village life.

Binan Goonj

Binan Goonj
Author: Anne-Katrin Eckermann
Publisher: Elsevier Australia
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2010
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0729539369

The troubled state of Aboriginal health in Australia is a seemingly perennial problem, despite ongoing research, policies and interventions. The second edition of this book examines the processes and practices behind this situation, and provides practical strategies to assist in addressing this complex subject.

Ethics and Mental Health

Ethics and Mental Health
Author: Michael Robertson
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2013-09-26
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1040180833

The field of ethics is expanding and has assumed new significance as a compulsory part of study for psychiatrists and all mental health professionals. Ethics and Mental Health: The Patient, Profession and Community presents a new approach to these ethical dilemmas that have become an increasing part of modern practice.The book begins by exploring c

Chinese-Canadians, Canadian-Chinese

Chinese-Canadians, Canadian-Chinese
Author: Guang Tian
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Total Pages: 350
Release: 1999
Genre: Canada
ISBN: 9780773422537

This work examines how mainland Chinese refugees (MCRs) under diaspora conditions, indentify themselves and adapt to their new environment in Canada. It probes how MCRs draw upon and reflect transnational social fields or imagined communities.

Sick Societies

Sick Societies
Author: Robert B. Edgerton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2010-06-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1451602324

Author and scholar Robert Edgerton challenges the notion that primitive societies were happy and healthy before they were corrupted and oppressed by colonialism. He surveys a range of ethnographic writings, and shows that many of these so-called innocent societies were cruel, confused, and misled.