A Persistent Spirit : Towards Understanding Aboriginal Health in British Columbia

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).

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

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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