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Aboriginal health in Canada : historical, cultural, and epidemiological perspectives
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia

1995
Book > Non-Fiction
Creators
Waldram, James B. (James Burgess); Herring, Ann; Young, T. Kue
Description
"Aboriginal Health in Canada discusses the complex web of physiological, psychological, spiritual, historical, sociological, cultural, economic, and environmental factors that contribute to health and disease patterns among the Aboriginal peoples of Canada"--jacket.

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Holding Library
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia
ISBN
0802059562; 0802068871
Statement of Responsibility
James B. Waldram, D. Ann Herring, and T. Kue Young.
Publication Information
Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press
Physical Description
xii, 334 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Notes
More recent edition available.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-318) and index.
Contents
1. overview of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada --  2. Health and disease in the pre-contact period -- 3. Contact with Europeans and infectious diseases --  4. New epidemics in the twentieth century -- 5. Medical traditions in Aboriginal cultures -- 6. Traders, whalers, missionaries, and medical aid -- 7.  emergence of government health services -- 8. organization and utilization of contemporary health services -- 9. Aboriginal medicine in the contemporary context -- 10. Self-determination and health care -- 11. Aboriginal health: old ideas and current directions.
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