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Improving the dire health problems faced by many Native American
communities is central to their cultural, political, and economic
well being. However, it is still too often the case that both
theoretical studies and applied programs fail to account for Native
American perspectives on the range of factors that actually
contribute to these problems in the first place. The authors in
Medicine Ways examine the ways people from a multitude of
indigenous communities think about and practice health care within
historical and socio-cultural contexts. Cultural and physical
survival are inseparable for Native Americans. Chapters explore
biomedically-identified diseases, such as cancer and diabetes, as
well as Native-identified problems, including historical and
contemporary experiences such as forced evacuation, assimilation,
boarding school, poverty and a slew of federal and state policies
and initiatives. They also explore applied solutions that are based
in community prerogatives and worldviews, whether they be
indigenous, Christian, biomedical, or some combination of all
three. Medicine Ways is an important volume for scholars and
students in Native American studies, medical anthropology, and
sociology as well as for health practitioners and professionals
working in and for tribes. Visit the UCLA American Indian Studies
Center web site
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