{"product_id":"aboriginal-health-in-canada-james-waldram-9780802085795","title":"Aboriginal Health in Canada: Historical, Cultural, and Epidemiological Perspectives","description":"\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\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Waldram,D. Ann Herring,T. Kue Young\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802085792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802085795\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.26w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2006 pg. 74","brand":"James Waldram","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448961151231,"sku":"9780802085795","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d5ab4b13-0da7-41e4-be94-62bad30fbcca.jpg?v=1777261357","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/aboriginal-health-in-canada-james-waldram-9780802085795","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}