James Waldram, D Ann Herring, T Kue Young

Aboriginal Health in Canada

Historical, Cultural, and Epidemiological Perspectives

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An overview of Aboriginal peoples in Canada provides a very general background for the non-specialist. Finally, contemporary Aboriginal healing traditions, the issue of self-determination and health care, and current trends in Aboriginal health issues are examined.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 159mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 581g
• ISBN-13: 9780802085795
• ISBN-10: 0802085792
• Artikelnr.: 21239367

Autorenporträt

By James B. Waldram, D. Ann Herring, and T. Kue Young

Inhaltsangabe

LIST OF FIGURES
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
1. An overview of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada
2. Health and disease prior to European contact
3. Contact and disease
4. Aboriginal peoples and the health transition
5. Medical traditions in Aboriginal cultures
6. Traders, whalers, missionaries, and medical aid
7. The emergence of government health services
8. The organization and utilization of contemporary health services
9. Aboriginal healing in the contemporary context
10. Self-determination and health care
11. Conclusion
NOTES
REFERENCES CITED
INDEX