"The sergeant wants to acupuncture me": A personal lens into the introduction of a traditional eastern therapy to indigenous Australians

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Talbot, Daniel ^a  

^a Police Station   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Emotional wellbeing; Indigenous health; Social wellbeing

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CONSULTATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WELLBEING; ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POLICE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70349337364     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10398560902948571     Document Type: Short Survey

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