'Best intentions' lives on: Untoward health outcomes of some contemporary initiatives in Indigenous affairs

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 575-584

  Hunter, Ernest ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; Emotional and social wellbeing; Indigenous; Mental health; Promotion and prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSTODY; DATA BASE; DEATH; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JUSTICE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOTIVATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROPHYLAXIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CARE; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SUICIDE;

EID: 0036796302     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.2001.01040.x     Document Type: Article

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