Living in the valley of the shadow of death in central Australia

Between 2008 and 2015, 28 of my Aboriginal friends in Central Australia died. They were my friends, and not patients. Only one of them died of 'old age', even though I am sure he was far younger than the 80 or so years that an average Australian male would be expected to live. All the othe...

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Published inLutheran theological journal Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 83 - 97
Main Author Yip, Teem-Wing
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Adelaide Australian Lutheran College 01.08.2017
Subjects
Alcoholism
Bible
Community support
Death & dying
Disease prevention
Diseases
Grief
Kidneys
Leukemia
Lutheran churches
Mental health care
Native peoples
Patients
Public health
Religion & psychology
Right to die
Social aspects
Suicides & suicide attempts
Voyages and travels
Australia
Central Australia
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Summary:Between 2008 and 2015, 28 of my Aboriginal friends in Central Australia died. They were my friends, and not patients. Only one of them died of 'old age', even though I am sure he was far younger than the 80 or so years that an average Australian male would be expected to live. All the others died much younger; two were only in their 30s, at least three were only in their 40s, and several were in their 50s. Only one died of what I call a 'bad luck disease', which was a leukaemia, an apparently non-preventable disease, whereas all the others died prematurely due to complications of conditions that theoretically can be prevented, such as chronic kidney disease. Two of them died in car accidents involving alcohol.
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Lutheran Theological Journal, Vol. 51, No. 2, Aug 2017: 83-97
ISSN:0024-7553