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Published Australia, 2009
The authors who have contributed to this book are Indigenous and non-Indigenous academic staff at Charles Sturt University in Australia who have worked as practitioners in Indigenous contexts. They draw heavily on the concept of cultural competence to allow professionals to work comfortably across cultural boundaries. The book is divided into five sections:

+  Setting the theoretical context
+  Australian Indigenous cultures
+  The impact of invasion and colonisation
+  Psychology and Indigenous Australians
+  Guidelines for effective transcultural practice

This text is also useful as a training tool for practitioners as it contains many exercises.

Paperback. 254 pages