Whaiora Maori Health Development By Mason Durie

Whaiora Maori Health Development By Mason Durie.

Softback, very good condition, some creasing to covers, minor shelf/edge wear, inscriptions to first page, pages very good. 248 pages.

Published by Oxford University Press Australia, 1997.

Whaiora: Maori Health Development gives a historical account of the major changes in Maori health status and the reasons for those changes. Maori leadership in health and participation in the health services form part of a recurrent theme which links advances in health to advances in other aspects of Maori development. Practitioners, students, and those interested in sociology, anthropology, history, Maori studies. Health professionals (medical and management staff, nurses) and health students (nursing, medical). Table of Contents Introduction; Te Ao Tawhito - An indigenous health system; Tirohanga Maori - Maori health perspectives; Maori participation in New Zealand Health Service; The Treaty of Waitangi and health; Maori development and Maori health; The contemporary context; Central Government capacities to meet Maori needs; A bicultural health service; The health reforms; Government objectives for Maori health; The provision of health care; Maori goals for health and health care; Conclusions.

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