The path to healing : report of the National Round Table on Aboriginal Health and Social Issues.

The path to healing : report of the National Round Table on Aboriginal Health and Social Issues.

Alternate Title
Report of the National Round Table on Aboriginal Health and Social Issues

Publication Date
1993

Publication Information
[Ottawa, Ont.] : Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples,

Physical Description
viii, 361 p. : ill., ports.

Subject Term
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Health and hygiene.
 
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Social conditions.

Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.

Summary
Round Table brought together approx. 80 people from across the country actively involved in health development in Aboriginal communities. Major thematic concerns: fourth world health conditions; environmental context; aboriginal cultural foundations to understanding health; understanding aboriginality and aboriginal rights; political support of health concerns; jurisdictional frustration and innovation; practice before policy (or, just do it); community healing as a fragile process; recognition of special needs and priorities.

Language
English

ISBN
9780660151731

General Note
Issued also in French under title: Sur le chemin de la guerison.


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberStatus
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH)Adult NFic Prov RefAdult Non-Fiction Provincial Reference971.004 N21NonCirculating