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The Aboriginal Mental Health Worker Program: The challenge of supporting Aboriginal involvement in mental health care in the remote community context

Amanda HarrisInstitute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Gary RobinsonInstitute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Pages 15-25 | Received 06 Aug 2006, Accepted 19 Mar 2007, Published online: 17 Dec 2014

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