{"product_id":"medicine-ways-clifford-e-trafzer-9780742502550","title":"Medicine Ways: Disease, Health, and Survival among Native Americans","description":"Improving the dire health problems faced by many Native American communities is central to their cultural, political, and economic well being. However, it is still too often the case that both theoretical studies and applied programs fail to account for Native American perspectives on the range of factors that actually contribute to these problems in the first place. The authors in \u003ci\u003eMedicine Ways\u003c\/i\u003e examine the ways people from a multitude of indigenous communities think about and practice health care within historical and socio-cultural contexts. Cultural and physical survival are inseparable for Native Americans. Chapters explore biomedically-identified diseases, such as cancer and diabetes, as well as Native-identified problems, including historical and contemporary experiences such as forced evacuation, assimilation, boarding school, poverty and a slew of federal and state policies and initiatives. They also explore applied solutions that are based in community prerogatives and worldviews, whether they be indigenous, Christian, biomedical, or some combination of all three. \u003ci\u003eMedicine Ways\u003c\/i\u003e is an important volume for scholars and students in Native American studies, medical anthropology, and sociology as well as for health practitioners and professionals working in and for tribes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVisit the UCLA American Indian Studies Center web site\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Clifford E. Trafzer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0742502554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780742502550\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Altamira Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/07\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2001 pg. 49","brand":"Clifford E. Trafzer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988231487743,"sku":"9780742502550","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8fbcad74-2c9f-4653-a5a1-21b0030d27db.jpg?v=1683293356","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/medicine-ways-clifford-e-trafzer-9780742502550","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}