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Early impressions of paediatric health in Alice Springs: trying to see beyond the gaps
Author(s) -
Zimmet Marcel D
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03650.x
Subject(s) - alice (programming language) , outreach , government (linguistics) , citation , library science , media studies , history , psychology , sociology , art history , political science , law , computer science , philosophy , linguistics
The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 17 May 2010 192 10 606-607 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2010 www.mja.com.au Society, Culture and Health — Personal Perspective on the floor, watching Disney DVDs, drawing, and w sporadic visits of hospital sta f. For families, a visit to the ward can mean a period of their community or time with relative who live in A who also happen to be in the hospital. It may be upheaval from relatively peaceful community life, or welcom respite from upheavals at home. What distinguishes the Alice Springs ward most is n t so wi I he Alice Springs paediatric ward, the vast majority of the 20 or children are Aboriginal. They often have unique first names th an African–American or biblical flavour and distinctive spellings. Some come from town, while others travel from hundreds of kilometres away. Parents often lie with their children on mattresses aiting for the