Psychology and the royal commission on health services.

1961 ◽  
Vol 2a (4) ◽  
pp. 143-144
Author(s):  
Virginia I. Douglas
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Royal Commission

ROYAL COMMISSION ON HEALTH SERVICES

1966 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 287
Author(s):  
S. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Royal Commission

‘Best Intentions’ Lives on: Untoward Health Outcomes of Some Contemporary Initiatives in Indigenous Affairs

2002 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 575-584 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernest Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Indigenous Health ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Indigenous Populations ◽  
Royal Commission ◽  
Indigenous Mental Health

Objective: A shortened version of a presentation to the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, this paper raises questions regarding policy and program directions in Indigenous affairs with consequences for Indigenous health. Method: The author notes the inadequate Indigenous mental health database, and describes contemporary conflicts in the arena of Indigenous mental health, drawing on personal experience in clinical service delivery, policy and programme development. Results: Medicalized responses to the Stolen Generations report and constructions of suicide that accompanied the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody are presented to demonstrate unforeseen health outcomes. Examples are also given of wellintentioned social interventions that, in the context of contemporary Indigenous society appear to be contributing to, rather than alleviating, harm. Problems of setting priorities that confront mental health service planners are considered in the light of past and continuing social disadvantage that informs the burden of mental disorder in Indigenous communities. Conclusions: The importance of acknowledging untoward outcomes of initiatives, even when motivated by concerns for social justice, is emphasized. The tension within mental health services of responding to the underpinning social issues versus providing equity in access to proven mental health services for Indigenous populations is considered.

Royal Commission on Health Services

1966 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 92 ◽  
Author(s):  
George James ◽  
Bernard R. Blishen
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Royal Commission

CANADA, ROYAL COMMISSION ON HEALTH SERVICES

1968 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 190
Author(s):  
Alex Richman ◽  
M. A. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Royal Commission
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