Introduction to Aboriginal Health and Health Care in Canada : Bridging Health and Healing.

Introduction to Aboriginal Health and Health Care in Canada : Bridging Health and Healing.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Douglas, Vasiliki
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer Publishing Company, 2013.
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples > Health and hygiene > Canada.
Indigenous peoples > Medical care > Canada.
Minorities.
minorities.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
Minorities
Indigenous peoples > Health and hygiene
Canada
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Origins of this Text; Pedagogical Gap; Suggestions by Students; Personal Experiences of Aboriginal Health Issues and Perspectives on Health and Wellness; Purpose of this Text; Nursing Students and Instructors; Acknowledgments; Guidelines for Faculty; Who Should use this Book; What this Book is About; How this Book is Organized; Chapter Organization; Narrative Structure; How to use this Book; Part I. Aboriginal Culture and Health; Chapter 1: Introduction: First Nations, Métis, and Inuit in Canada: Understanding the Issues; Multiculturalism.
  • A Part of the Canadian Cultural MosaicA Founding Nation of Canada; Demographics of Canada's Native Population; First Nations; Inuit; Métis; Urban Aboriginals; Aboriginal Peoples in Canada; Ottawa Charter; Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples and the Romanow Report; Easing Demands on Resources; Critical Thinking Exercise-Thinking About Difference; References and Further Reading; Chapter 2: Western and Aboriginal Ways of Knowing; Aboriginal Ways of Knowing; Example; Other Ways of Knowing; Recognizing Individuality; Epistemology and Ontology; Being and Knowing in Time; Historical Epistemology.
  • Traditional Aboriginal Epistemology Professional Flexibility; Biomedicine Versus Tradition; Nonmodern Epistemology; Epistemological Accommodation; Recognizing and Respecting Difference; Critical Thinking Exercise-How Modern are You?; References and Further Reading; Chapter 3: Cultural Competency, Cultural Sensitivity and Cultural Safety; Modern Health Care in the 21st Century; A Kinder, Gentler Health Care?; Three Models of Intercultural Care; Cultural Sensitivity; Cultural Competency; Cultural Safety; Professional Standards and Aboriginal Understanding.
  • Epistemological Accommodation and Cultural Safety Critical Thinking Exercise-Sensitivity, Safety and Competence; References and Further Reading; Chapter 4: Historical Overview; Pre-Contact History; Aboriginal Farmers; Villages and Laws; Nomadic Hunters; Fishers of the Coast; The Inuit; Health and Welfare; Disease Before Contact; European Contact; Disease and Conquest; Disease Impacts; Some Imported Diseases; Map of the 1775-1782 Smallpox Epidemic; The Fur Trade; Trade Partnerships; Political Issues Around the Fur Trade Today; Settlement and Traditional Economies; Settlement and Colonization.
  • Aboriginal Title in Canada Reserve System in Canada; Reserves in Eastern Canada; Reserves on the Prairies; Reserves in British Columbia; Reserves in the North; Indian Act, 1876; Official Ideology of Assimilation; Government Policy and the Indian Act; Assimilation and Resistance; Residential Schools; Residential Schools and Abuse; Testimonies of Abuse; Health and Welfare; Constitution Act of 1982; Charter of Rights and Freedoms; Devolution of the Health Care System; The Movement toward Autonomy; Problems in Health Coverage; Jordan's Principle; Aboriginal Health and Welfare Today.

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