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Principled Disobedience
In this chapter I will consider whether principled disobedience can be justified in response to Australian immigration detention. While there is a degree of overlap, one of the major differences between princi...
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A Brief History and Overview of Australian Immigration Detention
Australia’s policy of mandatory immigration detention has been one of the most contentious contemporary political issues for almost three decades. In this chapter, I will provide a brief outline of the history...
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The Ethics of Australian Immigration Detention
In this chapter I will consider the ethics of Australian immigration detention. I will first outline the literature that has discussed the ethics of migration more generally and then will apply this to conside...
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The Case for Non-violent Resistance
In this chapter I will make the case for a different way of thinking and acting in response to Australian immigration detention. I will first situate my discussion amongst the broader literature that debates ...
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Whistleblowing
In this chapter I will consider whether whistleblowing by healthcare professionals can be justified in response to Australian immigration detention. To do this I will first outline what I mean by whistleblowin...
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Conclusions
In this section I will sum up the arguments I have made throughout this book, namely that the healthcare community should engage in non-violent resistance in response to Australian immigration detention. I wil...
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Introduction
In this section I will provide an overview of the book, its structure and core arguments. I will also outline some key facts and figures that are essential in understanding Australian immigration detention and...
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The Delivery of Healthcare in Australian Immigration Detention
In this chapter I will focus on healthcare in Australian immigration detention, what has been said about it and some of the major controversies surrounding its delivery. I will outline the contractual and admi...
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Reforming Australian Immigration Detention
In this chapter I will outline the change that the healthcare community should demand from the Australian government, the constraints on achieving said change and some fundamental reasons why present approache...
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Strike Action
In this chapter I will consider whether strike action is justified; that is, could the healthcare community justify a temporary stoppage of work in detention centres? I argue that in any action the health and ...
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Seven Generations Mindset to Address Substance Use Disorders Among Native Americans
The following paper discusses the relationship between historical trauma and substance abuse, including opioid abuse among Native Americans. It examines the value and limitations of promoting a traditional Nat...
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Family Resilience Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Theory and Evidence
Family resilience raises the question of how family units adapt to external shocks. One notable form of such shocks are disasters. Research shows that disasters are occurring with greater frequency and severit...
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Resilience in Women: Disrupting Cascades of Adversity with Trauma-Informed Practice
Trauma, particularly when experienced early in life, but also throughout the life course, has far-reaching and long-lasting negative impacts. There are a host of biological, cognitive, and relational adversiti...
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Community Context and Family Resilience
Family resilience refers to the ability of families to spring back or recover from a stress or challenge like poverty, unemployment, homelessness, or food insecurity. Humans have lived in communities throughou...
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Protecting Workers from Opioid Misuse and Addiction
In this chapter we discuss the roots of the opioid crisis and its relationship to work and the workplace. Opioid overdose mortality, in combination with increased deaths from alcohol and suicide, are devastati...
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Family-Centered Care Approaches for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Caring for Mothers and Infants
Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a variable, complex, and incompletely understood spectrum of neonatal neurobehavioral dysregulation associated with prenatal drug exposure, most commonly opioids. Research...
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Recovery and Recovery Capital: Aligning Measurement with Theory and Practice
Although most conceptualizations of recovery from substance use disorders place abstinence at their core, the process of recovery also includes improvements to individual well-being that go beyond abstinence o...
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Develo** Individual and Family Resilience Through Community-Based Missions: Three Examples
This chapter illustrates how individual resilience can be facilitated by involving the community, and how that, in turn, likely builds a more resilient community. The author argues that by addressing three bas...
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Associations Between SUD in the Family, PFC Functioning, and Codependency: Importance of Family Member Recovery
Families are relational systems that influence and are influenced by the development of a substance use disorder (SUD). An SUD in the family is associated with shifts in a family’s power dynamics, rules, roles...
