A long way from home : the tuberculosis epidemic among the Inuit /

A Long Way from Home is the first comprehensive account of the tuberculosis epidemic among the Inuit in the mid-part of this century. The Inuit were victims not only of the epidemic but also of the Canadian government's shockingly slow response and lack of consideration for their culture. Focus...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grygier, Pat Sandiford, 1922-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994.
Colección:McGill-Queen's/Hannah Institute studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 2.
Temas:
Inuit > Health and hygiene > Canada > History.
Tuberculosis > Canada > History.
Inuit > Canada > Government relations > History.
Tuberculosis > ethnology
Communicable Disease Control > history
Inuit > history.
Inuits > Santé et hygiène > Canada > Histoire.
Tuberculose > Canada > Histoire.
Inuits > Canada > Relations avec l'État > Histoire.
MEDICAL > Oncology.
MEDICAL > Epidemiology.
Inuit > Government relations.
Inuit > Health and hygiene.
Tuberculosis.
Tuberkulose
Inuits > Relations avec l'État > Canada > Histoire.
Canada
Canada.
Kanada
Eskimo.
Eskimos > Diseases
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A brief history of tuberculosis in Canada
  • The Inuit people and the Arctic
  • Other players: the Hudson's Bay Company and the Missionaries
  • Other players: the government and the RCMP
  • Emergence of the problem
  • The assault
  • The Eastern Arctic patrol
  • Life in the San
  • After the hospital: going home, or a southern grave
  • The 1960s: new measures in the Northwest Territories
  • Distinct but similar: the epidemic in Quebec and Newfoundland
  • The balance sheet: one person's point of view
  • Arctic administration and principal events, 1870-1970
  • Interviews
  • Hospitals to which Inuit were sent, 1940s to 1960s
  • Nanr "Standard Eskimo discharge kit."

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