A doctor's dream, a story of hope from the Top End, Dr Buddhi Lokuge and Tanya Burke
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A doctor's dream, a story of hope from the Top End, Dr Buddhi Lokuge and Tanya Burke
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
Illustrations
illustrationsportraits
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no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
A doctor's dream
Responsibility statement
Dr Buddhi Lokuge and Tanya Burke
Sub title
a story of hope from the Top End
Summary
When Dr Buddhi moved to Arnhem Land to run a health program for Aboriginal children, he had no idea he would face the challenge of his life...Six months into running the $5 million dollar program he realised it was going to fail, and that's when the trouble began. In the face of powerful opposition from high profile experts, he listened to the elders and took the slow road. Through painstaking observation and working in partnership with patients and the community, together they found a way to overcome a neglected disease as debilitating and stigmatised as leprosy...This is a powerful story of redemption, and an honest and inspiring account of a family living and working in remote Aboriginal Australia to give voice to forgotten people...'Could not put it down. It is one of the best things I've read in years in this area, full of profound insights encapsulated in a great story.' - 'Professor Peter Drahos, Australian National University'
Target audience
general
resource.variantTitle
Story of hope from the Top End
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Creator
Subject
- Aboriginal Australians + Medical care -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land
- Lokuge, Buddhi
- Children, Aboriginal Australian + Social conditions -- Northern Territory -- Anhem Land
- Scabbies + Treatment -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land
- Medicine -- Northern Territory -- Biography
- Aboriginal Australians + Social conditions -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land
- Aboriginal Australians
- Aboriginal Australians + Medical care -- Northern Territory -- Anhem Land
- Aboriginal Australians + Social conditions -- Northern Territory -- Anhem Land
- Children, Aboriginal Australian + Medical care -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land
- Physicians -- Australia -- Biography
- Aboriginal Australians + Health and hygiene -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land
- Children, Aboriginal Australian + Health and hygiene -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land
Content
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- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Subject13
- Aboriginal Australians + Medical care -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land
- Lokuge, Buddhi
- Children, Aboriginal Australian + Social conditions -- Northern Territory -- Anhem Land
- Scabbies + Treatment -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land
- Medicine -- Northern Territory -- Biography
- Aboriginal Australians + Social conditions -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land
- Aboriginal Australians
- Aboriginal Australians + Medical care -- Northern Territory -- Anhem Land
- Aboriginal Australians + Social conditions -- Northern Territory -- Anhem Land
- Children, Aboriginal Australian + Medical care -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land
- Physicians -- Australia -- Biography
- Aboriginal Australians + Health and hygiene -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land
- Children, Aboriginal Australian + Health and hygiene -- Northern Territory -- Arnhem Land
- Content2
- Author2