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100	1		_aGriffiths, Max.
245	1	0	_aStraight from the heart : _btales of tragedy and triumph from the nurses of the Australian outback / _cMax Griffiths.
260			_aEast Roseville, N.S.W. : _bKangaroo Press, _c2000.
300			_axv, 312, [16] p. of plates : _bill. (some col.), map ; pbk ; _c23 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
504			_aBibliography: p. [302]-306.
520			_aThis important contribution to the history of the Australian outback honours the nursing sisters who have battled personal and professional isolation to serve there during the twentieth century, and chronicles in particular the nursing services of the Australian Inland Mission, founded by Flynn of the Inland in 1912. The book contributes to a better understanding of the efforts made to provide Aboriginal people with medical and health care.
610	2	0	_aAustralian Inland Mission _xHistory.
650		0	_aNurses _zAustralia _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aMedical missionaries _zAustralia _y20th century _xbiography.
650		0	_aNursing _zAustralia _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aAboriginal Australians _xMedical care.
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