A Long Way from Home: The Tuberculosis Epidemic among the Inuit (Volume 2) (McGill-Queen's/Associated McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services ... the History of Medicine, Health, and Society) - Hardcover

Grygier, Pat Sandiford

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ISBN 10: 0773512160 ISBN 13: 9780773512160

Verlag: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997

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Book by Grygier Pat Sandiford

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"A Long Way from Home" offers a 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. Pat Grygier focuses on patients' experiences and the programmes set up to deal with the epidemic, giving a voice to those involved and a human face to the bare statistics. Based on recollections of patients, interviews with participants in the government programmes, available literature and statistics, and records of the Northern Affairs Program, Grygier examines the programmes for the Inuit in all parts of Canada. She also explores the history of tuberculosis in Canada, conditions of life in the North for both Inuit and non-Natives, and the development and modification of government administration of the North. This new study is aimed at those interested in Native studies, Canadian social and political history, and the history of medicine in Canada.

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• Verlag: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0773512160
• ISBN 13: 9780773512160
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272