Maori health institutions
DIGITAL LIBRARY
Description
"The effects of deinstitutionalisation have been recognised as a priority for action in the mental health field. Having concluded that many large institutions for the treatment of the mentally ill were not conducive to good health, treatment within the community was advocated inmost Western countries from 1960 onwards."
Table of contents
Maori mental health; Cultural change; Land as a basis for mental health; Family integrity and mental health; Language and mental health; The marae; Mental health professionals and Maori health; References.
Artifacts
Primary author: Durie, M.H
Author biography: Māori
Publisher: M H Durie
Publication format: Speech
Publication date: June 1985
Publication place: Palmerston North
Publication availability: Yes
Publication location: Treaty Resource Centre
Catalog reference: Filing Cabinet 2 – Health – Maori
Misc. notes: Presented to Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand Conference, Wellington, June 1985
Content type: History, Recommendations
Sector: Health
Informal group: Māori, Pākehā
Culture related topics: Bi-cultural
General related topics: Colonisation, Equity/justice/fairness
Historical period: 20th
Resources: Culture
