Aboriginal military service and assimilation

Health service attendance patterns in an urban Aboriginal health service.

OBJECTIVES To describe the health service attendance patterns of urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Aboriginal) Australians and make comparisons with those of the general Australian population. DESIGN AND SETTING General practitioner-completed survey of all attendances over two separate 2-week periods in 2006 at an urban Aboriginal health service in Canberra, which provides services...

Military Service for Mental Defectives

The object of this article is to offer information gained in examining mentally defective soldiers, to show their limitations, and the risks involved in keeping them in the Army, and to outline the way in which they are being dealt with. In civilian life we have to consider mental defect as a failure in social adaptation due mainly to lack of sufficient intelligence but frequently also to poor ...

Vietnam military service history and prostate cancer

BACKGROUND Three decades after US and Australian forces withdrew from Vietnam, there has been much public interest in the health consequences of service in Vietnam. One controversial question is whether the risk of prostate cancer amongst Vietnam veterans is increased. This paper examines relationships between military history, family history and risk of prostate cancer in a population-based ca...

Status Configurations, Military Service and Higher Education

The U.S. Armed Forces offer educational and training benefits as incentives for service. This study investigates the influence of status configurations on military enlistment and their link to greater educational opportunity. Three statuses (socioeconomic status of origin, cognitive ability and academic performance) have particular relevance for life course options. We hypothesize that young me...

Als in the Military Unexpected Consequences of Military Service