Description: Further DetailsTitle: Medicine WaysCondition: NewSubtitle: Disease, Health, and Survival among Native AmericansAuthor: Jerome M. LeviContributor: Donna L. Akers (Contributions by), Edward D. Castillo (Contributions by), Jerome M. Levi (Contributions by), Felicia Schanche Hodge (Contributions by), Nancy Reifel (Contributions by), Diane Weiner (Edited by), Brooke Olson (Contributions by), Clifford E. Trafzer (Edited by), Jean A. Keller (Contributions by), Todd Benson (Contributions by), Linda Burhansstipanov (Contributions by), Jeanette Hassin and Robert S. Young (Contributions by), Troy Johnson and Holly Tomren (Contributions by), Eric Henderson (Contributions by)Format: PaperbackISBN-10: 0742502554EAN: 9780742502550ISBN: 9780742502550Publisher: AltaMira PressGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, MedicineRelease Date: 03/07/2001Description: 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 Medicine Ways 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. Medicine Ways 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. Visit the UCLA American Indian Studies Center web siteLanguage: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 232mmItem Length: 154mmItem Width: 18mmItem Weight: 481gBook Series: Contemporary Native American CommunitiesRelease Year: 2001 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Medicine Ways
Title: Medicine Ways
Subtitle: Disease, Health, and Survival among Native Americans
Contributor: Eric Henderson (Contributions by)
ISBN-10: 0742502554
EAN: 9780742502550
ISBN: 9780742502550
Release Date: 03/07/2001
Release Year: 2001
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: Contemporary Native American Communities
Book Title: Medicine Ways : Disease, Health, and Survival Among Native Americans
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Altamira Press
Publication Year: 2001
Topic: Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Native American
Item Height: 0.7 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Social Science, History
Item Weight: 16.9 Oz
Author: Jean A. Keller
Item Length: 9.1 in
Book Series: Contemporary Native American Communities Ser.
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
