Health Care Issues in the Canadian North. Occasional Publication No. 23, Boreal Institute for Northern Studies, Edmonton, 1988
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joseph M. Kaufert
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1989, pp. 275-279
Description
Book review of: Health Care Issues in the Canadian North edited by David E. Young. From Special Issue on Indian Health, Saskatchewan Indian Federated College Journal 4(1), 1988, edited by Jean Cuthand-Goodwill and Joel Demay
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1989, pp. 175-186
Description
Discusses the views of doctors on the advantages and disadvantages of joint co-operation between traditional practitioners and non-traditional practitioners for a better health care system.
Faculty of Law, University of Windsor & the Commonwealth Legal Education Association Roundtable
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Georges Erasmus
Description
Discusses the role of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation in dealing with a variety problems of arising from the residential school system, and argues that a healing environment must be included in the compensation process.
From a series of interviews about health, this article reveals one woman's struggle with mental illness and discusses some differences between medical treatment and traditional healing.
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1989, pp. 163-174
Description
Examines the relationship between non-Native nurses with traditional healers and elders in northern communities and discusses the relevance of traditional healing approaches to medicine for Aboriginal people.