A doctor's dream : a story of hope from the Top End

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A doctor's dream : a story of hope from the Top End

Title remainder

a story of hope from the Top End

Statement of responsibility

Buddhi Lokuge and Tanya Burke

Title variation

Story of hope from the Top End

Title variation remainder

a story of hope from the Top End

Creator

• trueLokuge, Buddhi

Contributor

• Burke, Tanya

Author

• Burke, Tanya
• trueLokuge, Buddhi

Subject

• Aboriginal Australians -- Medical care -- Northern Territory | Arnhem Land
• Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions -- Northern Territory | Anhem Land
• Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions -- Northern Territory | Arnhem Land
• trueAustralia
• trueAustralian
• Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Health and hygiene -- Northern Territory | Arnhem Land
• Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Medical care -- Northern Territory | Arnhem Land
• Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Social conditions -- Northern Territory | Anhem Land
• Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Social conditions -- Northern Territory | Arnhem Land
• trueIndigenous Australians
• Indigenous Heritage -- Adult Non fiction -- Print
• Aboriginal Australians
• trueMedical care
• Medicine -- Northern Territory -- Biography
• trueNorthern Territory
• truePhysicians
• Physicians -- Australia -- Biography
• Scabbies -- Treatment -- Northern Territory | Arnhem Land
• trueScabies
• Scabies -- Treatment -- Northern Territory | Arnhem Land
• trueWilderness areas
• Lokuge, Buddhi
• Aboriginal Australians -- Health and hygiene -- Northern Territory | Arnhem Land
• Aboriginal Australians -- Medical care -- Northern Territory | Anhem Land

Genre

• Indigenous Heritage

Language

eng

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'

Biography type

autobiography

Dewey number

362.849915

Illustrations

• illustrations
• portraits
• plates

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction