MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2008425273
003 DLC
005 20090827091124.0
008 080905s2008 at ab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008425273
020 $a9781921410185 (pbk.)
037 $bUniversity of New South Wales Press Ltd, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052
040 $aANL$beng$cDLC$dANL$dDLC
042 $alccopycat
043 $au-at-no
050 00 $aDU123.4$b.L43 2008
082 04 $a362.849915$222
100 1 $aLea, Tess.
245 10 $aBureaucrats and bleeding hearts :$bindigenous health in northern Australia /$cTess Lea.
260 $aSydney :$bUniversity of New South Wales Press,$c2008.
300 $axviii, 276 p. :$bill., map ;$c24 cm.
520 $a"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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 253-267) and index.
650 0 $aAboriginal Australians$xMedical care$zNorthern Territory.
650 0 $aAboriginal Australians$zNorthern Territory$xGovernment relations.
650 0 $aMedical care$zNorthern Territory$xCitizen participation.
650 0 $aCommunity development$zNorthern Territory.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0903/2008425273.html