{"product_id":"aboriginal-health-in-canada-historical-cultural-and-epidemiological-perspectives-paperback-softback-9780802085795","title":"Aboriginal Health in Canada; Historical, Cultural, and Epidemiological Perspectives (Paperback \/ softback) 9780802085795","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAboriginal Health in Canada\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHistorical, Cultural, and Epidemiological Perspectives\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames Waldram (Author), D. Ann Herring (Author), T. Kue Young (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780802085795\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 July 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 2.4 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNumerous studies, inquiries, and statistics accumulated over the years have demonstrated the poor health status of Aboriginal peoples relative to the Canadian population in general. \u003ci\u003eAboriginal Health in Canada\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe 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 explanations for Aboriginal health patterns today, and emphasize the need to understand both the historical-cultural context of health issues, as well as the circumstances that give rise to variation in health problems and healing strategies in Aboriginal communities across the country. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eLIST OF FIGURES \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION \u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003e An overview of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Health and disease prior to European contact\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Contact and disease \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Aboriginal peoples and the health transition\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Medical traditions in Aboriginal cultures\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Traders, whalers, missionaries, and medical aid\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e The emergence of government health services\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e The organization and utilization of contemporary health services\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Aboriginal healing in the contemporary context\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Self-determination and health care\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Conclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e NOTES \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e REFERENCES CITED \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e INDEX \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52545887961368,"sku":"9780802085795","price":29.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/aboriginal-health-in-canada-historical-cultural-and-epidemiological-perspectives-paperback-softback-9780802085795","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}