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A Persistent Spirit : Towards Understanding Aboriginal Health in British Columbia / edited by Peter H. Stephenson ... [et al.].

Stephenson, Peter H,, Elliot, Susan J., Foster, Leslie T., Harris Jill (Author). Stephenson, Peter H. (Added Author). University of Victoria (B.C.). Dept. of Geography. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780919838215
ISBN: 0919838219
Physical Description: xx, 390 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Victoria, B.C. : Dept. of Geography, University of Victoria, 1995.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. CULTURE CONTACT, DEMOGRAPHY AND HEALTH AMONG THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA -- 2. NATIVE HEALTH IN BRITISH COLUMBIA: A VITAL STATISTICS PERSPECTIVE -- 3. MIND-BODY-PLACE: A GEOGRAPHY OF ABORIGINAL HEALTH IN BRITISH COLUMBIA -- 4. CHANGING TRADITIONAL DIET AND NUTRITION IN ABORIGINAL PEOPLES OF COASTAL BRITISH COLUMBIA -- RESISTANCE KNOWLEDGES: THERAPY WITH ABORIGINAL PERSONS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE -- 6. ABORIGINAL SUICIDE RATES: INDICATORS OF NEEDY COMMUNITIES -- 7. ABORIGINAL MIDWIFERY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA: A NARRATIVE UNTOLD -- 8. EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CANCER IN FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA -- 9. DIABETES AND ABORIGINAL PEOPLES: THE HAIDA GWAII DIABETES PROJECT IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE -- 10. ISSUES IN HEALTH MANAGEMENT PROMOTING FIRST NATIONS WELLNESS IN TIMES OF CHANGE -- 11. S'HULI'UTL QUW'UTSUN/THE SPIRIT OF COWICHAN: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE TSEWULTUN HEALTH CENTRE/HUYTSEEP QU NU SIYE'YU KWUN'S 'I M'I EWU'U TUNA A TSEWULTUN -- 12.REBUILDING LISTEN WITH THE EYES OF YOUR EARS