Aboriginal Children History and Health

<p>This volume traces the complex reasons behind the disturbing discrepancy between the health and well-being of children in mainstream Australia and those in remote Indigenous communities. Invaluably informed by Boulton’s close working knowledge of Aboriginal communities the book addresses growth faltering as a crisis of Aboriginal parenting and a continued problem for the Australian nation. The high rate and root causes of ill-health amongst Aboriginal children are explored through a unique synthesis of historical anthropological biological and medical analyses. Through this fresh approach which includes the insights of specialists from a range of disciplines <i>Aboriginal Children History and Health</i> provides a thoughtful and innovative framework for considering Indigenous health. </p>