Surviving in the Hour of Darkness - The Health and Wellness of Women of Colour and Indigenous Women (Paperback)

Surviving in the Hour of Darkness:The Health and Wellness of Women of Colour and Indigenous Women addresses the health issues - physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual - of black women, First Nations women, and other women of colour. The book is a collection of scholarly essays, case studies, personal essays, poetry, and prose written by over 45 contributors. It illustrates, through the voices of many women, that gender, religious, cultural, and class background strongly influence how one experiences illness, how and when one is diagnosed, and how one is treated within the healthcare system. The book also focuses on the need for cultural sensitivity and inclusiveness in the delivery of health services. Surviving in the Hour of Darkness :The Health and Wellness of Women of Colour and Indigenous Women aims to promote and generate knowledge with and about minority women while identifying key strategies for promoting their health, thus contributing to a broader understanding of how the experience of being a minority woman affects one's health and well-being. With Contributions By: Byllye Y. Avery Dr. Wanda Thomas Bernard Dr. Ana Bodnar Shirley Brozzo Nora Burrell Bishakha Chowdhury LindaCornwell Charmaine Crawford Karen Flynn Randa Hammadieh CiajDiannHarris Layla Hassan Troy Hunter Rolanda C. Kane Rosamond S. King Heather MacLeod Kristine Maitland Marisa Marharaj Notisha Massaquoi Naomi North Sima Qadeer Talata Reeves Carla R. Ribeiro Ingrid Rivera Anakana Schofield Beldan Sezen Farah M. Shroff Neeta Singh Lorraine Thomas Roxane Tracey Wendy Vincent Vera M. Wabegijig Ingrid Waldron Pitche Wasayananung Crystal E. Wilkinson Gitane Williams Judith K. Witherow Valerie Wood

General

Imprint:	University of Calgary Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	April 2005
First published:	June 2005
Contributors:	CiajDiann M. Harris • Rosamond S King • Judith K. Witherow • Naomi North • Layla Hassan • Byllye Y. Avery
Editors:	G. Sophie Harding
Contributors:	Valerie Wood • Lorraine Thomas • Bishakha Chowdhury
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-1-55238-101-4
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	1-55238-101-3
Barcode:	9781552381014

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