Reading Doctors' Writing: Race, politics and power in Indigenous health research, 1870-1969
Publishing Details
Reading Doctors' Writing: Race, politics and power in Indigenous health research, 1870-1969
By (Author) David Piers Thomas
Aboriginal Studies Press
Aboriginal Studies Press
1st January 2004
Australia
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
305.89915
Physical Properties
256
Width 205mm, Height 270mm
Description
Reading Doctors Writing is a book for every Australian who reads or writes health research about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. However, its not just a story about medical progress. Medical research has been influenced by the politics of colonialism, the nationalist politics associated with Federation, and most importantly, by the politics of race, racism and anti-racism. This history of Indigenous health research fuels the suspicion felt by Indigenous people today about researchers, and research. Reading Doctors Writing invites those involved in Indigenous health research to confront rather than evade the history and politics of their work.
Reviews
This book is a welcome addition to the Indigenous health literature, particularly the relationship between health and history...This book, or chapters of it, would add to most reading lists of subjects engaged in Aboriginal health, Australian history, and research ethics and practice across a range of disciplines. -- Shaun Ewen, VicHealth Koori Health, Research & Community Development Unit, 2006
Author Bio
David Thomas has worked as a doctor for three Aboriginal community-controlled health services: Danila Dilba, Central Australian Aboriginal Congress and Nganampa Health Council. He has taught public health and researched Indigenous health at Menzies School of Health Research in Alice Springs arid Darwin.
