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Healing histories : stories from Canada's Indian hospitals / Laurie Meijer Drees.

Author/creator Meijer Drees, Laurie, 1965-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoEdmonton : University of Alberta Press,
Description244 p. ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Tuberculosis--Hospitals --Canada --History --20th century.
Tuberculosis--Treatment --Canada --History --20th century.
Tuberculosis--Patients --Medical care --Canada --History --20th century.
Indian nurses--Canada --History --20th century.
Medical care--Canada --History --20th century.
Oral history--Canada.
Native peoples--Hospitals --Canada --History --20th century.
Native peoples--Hospital care --Canada --History --20th century.
Native peoples--Historiography.
Contents Opening remarks / Florence James, Penelakut First Nation -- Preface "Storywork" : foundations -- Nanaimo Indian Hospital : a patient remembers [British Columbia] / Sainty Morris -- Cold needles / Laura Cranmer -- 1. Tuberculosis -- 2. Indian health services, an evolving system -- Nursing Work at the United Church Hospital, Bella, Bella, British Columbia / Marge Thompson -- Nursing work at the Anglican hospitals in Aklavik and Pangnirtung / Biddy Worsley -- Director of Nursing at the Camsell / Elva Taylor -- 3. The Institutions -- Indian hospitals and field nursing -- Nursing at the Camsell / Marjorie Warke -- Occupational therapy student : Charles Camsell Indian Hospital, 1966 [Edmonton, Alberta] / Truus van Royen -- 4. Patients and families -- Life in and around the Indian hospitals -- A Patient's memory of Nanaimo Indian Hospital / Laura Cranmer -- Life as a patient in the Charles Camsell Indian Hospital / Alma Desjarlais -- A Patient and a worker in British Columbia Indian hospitals / Marie Dick -- Visiting the Nanaimo Indian Hospital / Delores Louie
Contents SNUWUYULTH -- Local indigenous medicine -- A Conversation about the Nanaimo Indian Hospital / Violet Charlie -- Remembering Indian Health Services and Traditional Medicine on the Snuneymuxw Reserve / Ellen White -- 6. Working in health care -- Aboriginal nurses and caregivers -- Aboriginal nurse at the Camsell / Kathleen Stein hauer -- Nanaimo Indian Hospital -- Being a Patient and Becoming a nurse / Michael Dick -- Ward Aide and Office Assistant at the Nanaimo Indian Hospital / Violet Clark -- Nursing Aide at the Lac La Ronge Nursing Station / Muriel Innes -- Aboriginal people and Nursing -- Evelyn Voyageur
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-236) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Other formsIssued also in electronic formats.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012540928
ISBN9780888646507
ISBN088864650X

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