Aboriginal health in Canada : historical, cultural, and epidemiological perspectives
"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
Print Book, English, ©2006
University of Toronto Press, Toronto, ©2006
History
xii, 367 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780802087928, 9780802085795, 0802087922, 0802085792
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1. An overview of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada
2. Health and disease prior of 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