Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Caduceus and clipboard; 2. Time; 3. Mabarn and medicine; 4. Mortality in a time of change; 5. Alcohol; 6. Suicide; 7. Bloodlines: violence to self and others; 8. Issues of identity; 9. Structures and change; References; Index.

Promotional Information

An analysis of how the effects of social disruption and cultural dislocation suffered by Aboriginal people have manifested themselves in certain behavioural patterns.

Reviews

"...an important addition to a still small, but growing, library of books on the health of aboriginal peoples of the world." T. Kue Young, Annales CRMCC "...there is much of value here for anyone interested in substance use and abuse, as well as for anyone interested in the impact of European contact on indigenous peoples." Stephen J. Kunitz, Medical Anthropology Quarterly