The major focus of this paper is Aboriginal healing. The literature review was originally
presented as a preface to en evaluation of a healing centre in Alice Springs, Australia. The …

Before colonization Australian Aboriginal people lived in a complex society, with high levels
of self-determination in all aspects of their lives, including ceremony, spiritual practices …

Juanita Sherwood is an Aboriginal woman, a descendant of the Wiradjuri Nation, a
daughter, a mother, a sister, and an aunt and have worked and lived in Aboriginal health …

Colonists who arrived in Australia from 1788 used the bush to alleviate shortages of basic
supplies, such as building materials, foods and medicines. They experimented with types of …

Health inequalities experienced by Australian First Nations People are amongst the most
marked in the world, with First Nations People dying some ten years earlier than non …

The Koorie Cultural Regeneration Project was the result of a partnership between Women's
Health Goulburn North East and Mungabareena Aboriginal Corporation. The project was …

With focus on an all Aboriginal community in rural central-western New South Wales, and
developing the notion of treatment as'a site of negotiation', I illustrate the socially and …

This article describes my journey as a nurse as I search for better ways to work with urban
Aboriginal women. Learning as I build and maintain trusting relationships with Elders …

Colonisation has greatly disrupted many aspects of, and roles within, Aboriginal
communities, one of them being caring. This chapter explores the meaning of caring within …