Aboriginal Health in Canada
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ISBN
9781442690981
Numerous studies, inquiries, and statistics accumulated over the years have demonstrated the poor health status of Aboriginal peoples relative to the Canadian population in general. Aboriginal Health in Canada is about 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.
The authors explore the evidence for changes in patterns of health and disease prior to and since European contact, up to the present. They discuss medical systems and the place of medicine within various Aboriginal cultures and trace the relationship between politics and the organization of health services for Aboriginal people. They also examine popular expl.......
Formato | Ebook |
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Editorial | University of Toronto Press |
Autor(es) | James Waldram,D. Ann Herring,T. Kue Young |
Idioma | Ingles |
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