A mouthful of flies : the explosive diary of a desert nurse / by Sue Currie
- Bib ID:
- 6377030
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Currie, Sue, author
- Description:
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- South Yarra, Vic. : Lyncon Pty Ltd, 2013
- ©2013
- 295 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBN:
- 9780957844957
- Summary:
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This articulate account of the life and work of a dedicated nurse in a Western Desert community is a rich and astounding story. Drawn from a highly detailed diary of her time there, Sue tells of the satisfaction and humour, the fear and the loneliness of life in a culture so different from her own.
- Subject:
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- Currie, Sue
- Rural nurses -- Western Australia -- Western Desert
- Community health nurses -- Western Australia -- Western Desert
- Rural nursing -- Western Australia -- Western Desert
- Community health nursing -- Western Australia -- Western Desert
- Aboriginal Australians -- Medical care -- Western Australia -- Western Desert
- Aboriginal Australians -- Health and hygiene -- Western Australia -- Western Desert
- Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs -- Western Australia -- Western Desert
- History - Biographies - Non-Indigenous - Autobiographies
- Health services - Health workers - Nurses and nursing
- Health - Rural and remote
- Health - Policy and administration
- Western Desert (WA SF51, SF52, SG51, SG52)
- Australian
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2013
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