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Persistent spirit : towards understanding aboriginal health in British Columbia

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog113686
University of Victoria, Department of Geography. [Victoria, BC?]: University of Victoria, Western Geographical Press , 1995.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WA300 P466 1995
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Corporate Author
University of Victoria, Department of Geography
Editor
Stephenson, Peter H.
Elliott, Susan J.
Foster, Leslie T.
Place of Publication
[Victoria, BC?]
Publisher
University of Victoria, Western Geographical Press
Publication Date
1995
Physical Description
xxii, 390 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Canadia western geographical series ; v. 31
Subjects
First Nations
Demography
Health Status Disparities
Healthcare Disparities
Health Services, Indigenous
Neoplasms - epidemiology
British Columbia - epidemiology
Canada
Notes
Chapter 8 is Epidemiology of cancer in First Nations people in British Columbia by T.G. Hislop and Pierre R. Band, former BCCA staff members.
ISBN
0919838219
ISSN
1203-1178
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
WA300 P466 1995

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Unequal impact : Maori and non-Maori cancer statistics, 1996-2001

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog17733
Robson, Bridget, Cormack, Donna, Purdie, Gordon. Wellington, NZ: Te Ropu Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pomare, Wellington School of Medical and Health Sciences | Ministry of Health , 2006.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QZ200 KN4 R667 2006
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Author
Robson, Bridget
Cormack, Donna
Purdie, Gordon
Place of Publication
Wellington, NZ
Publisher
Te Ropu Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pomare, Wellington School of Medical and Health Sciences
Ministry of Health
Publication Date
2006
Physical Description
xi, 242 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Subjects
Neoplasms - ethnology
Neoplasms - mortality
Health Status Disparities
Oceanic Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Healthcare Disparities
New Zealand - epidemiology
Statistics
ISBN
9780478299571 (book)
0478299575 (book)
9780478299588 (website)
0478299583 (website)
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library REF Statistics
Call Number
QZ200 KN4 R667 2006

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Delivering effective palliative care to cancer patients of diverse backgrounds : a knowledge synthesis

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog114779
Bell, Kirsten, Lee, Joyce, Con, Andrea, Doll, Richard, Kazanjian, Arminee, Kwong, Sandy, McGregor, Douglans, Syme, Ann, Tayler, Carolyn. [Vancouver, BC?]: BC Cancer Agency | University of British Columbia | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) , 2009.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WB310 B433 2009
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Alternate Title
Delivering effective palliative care to diverse cancer patients
Author
Bell, Kirsten
Lee, Joyce
Con, Andrea
Doll, Richard
Kazanjian, Arminee
Kwong, Sandy
McGregor, Douglans
Syme, Ann
Tayler, Carolyn
Place of Publication
[Vancouver, BC?]
Publisher
BC Cancer Agency
University of British Columbia
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Publication Date
2009
Physical Description
96 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Subjects
Palliative Care
Culturally Competent Care
Cultural Diversity
Health Services Accessibility
Ethnic Groups
Patient Care Planning
Palliative Treatment
Cancer Pain - prevention & control
Terminal Care
Terminally Ill
Evidence-Based Practice
Healthcare Disparities
Canada
Notes
Produced under the auspices of:
CIHR Cross Cultural Palliative New Emerging Team Sociobehavioural Research Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency & School of Population & Public Health, University of British Columbia.
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Report
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
WB310 B433 2009

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Implementing curricular and institutional climate changes to improve health care for individuals who are LGBT, Gender Nonconforming or born with DSD : a resource for medical educators.

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog114375
Washington, DC: Association of American Medical Colleges , 2014.
Audience
Professional
  1 read online  
Editor
Hollenbach, Andrew D.
Eckstrand, Kristen L.
Dreger, Alice
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
Association of American Medical Colleges
Publication Date
2014
Series
R2 Library
Subjects
Education, Medical
Minority Health - education
Health Services for Transgender Persons
Healthcare Disparities
Clinical Competence
Sexual and Gender Minorities
ISBN
9780000901026
0000901024
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
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Metis cancer control in Canada baseline report

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121143
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. [Toronto, ON]: Canadian Partnership Against Cancer , 2014.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QZ200 C212m 2014
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
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Examining disparities in cancer control : a system performance special focus report. February 2014

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog114781
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. [Toronto, ON]: Canadian Partnership Against Cancer , 2014.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
QZ200 C212e 2014
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
  2 read online  
Corporate Author
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
Place of Publication
[Toronto, ON]
Publisher
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
Publication Date
2014
Physical Description
83 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Series
System performance reports
Subjects
Neoplasms - epidemiology
Neoplasms - prevention & control
Risk Factors
Health Planning
Population Surveillance
Healthcare Disparities
Health Status Disparities
Health Policy
Health Services Needs and Demand
Delivery of Health Care
Cultural Diversity
Health Services Accessibility
Socioeconomic Factors
Canada
Language
English
Material Type
Report
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Internet
Call Number
QZ200 C212e 2014
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CCGHR principles for global health research

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog113894
Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research. Wakefield, QC: Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research , 2015.
Audience
Professional
  1 read online  
Corporate Author
Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research
Editor
Johnson, Nancy
Place of Publication
Wakefield, QC
Publisher
Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research
Publication Date
2015
Subjects
Ethics
Bioethics
Ethics, Medical
Ethics, Research
Global Health
Public Health
Healthcare Disparities
Community-Based Participatory Research
Health Services, Indigenous
Canada
Notes
Principle Investigator: Katrina Plamondon. Interior Health Authority.
Language
English
Material Type
Online
Report
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Hiding who I am : the reality of end of life care for LGBT people

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120028
Marie Curie. [United Kingdom]: Marie Curie , 2016.
Audience
Professional
Report exploring end of life care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender peoples.
  1 read online  
Corporate Author
Marie Curie
Place of Publication
[United Kingdom]
Publisher
Marie Curie
Publication Date
2016
Subjects
Terminal Care
Terminally Ill - psychology
Palliative Care
Hospice Care
Patient-Centered Care
Patient Satisfaction
Surveys and Questionnaires
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Health Services for Transgender Persons
Abstract
Report exploring end of life care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender peoples.
Notes
SOGIE 2SLGBTQIA Collection
Language
English
Material Type
Report
Online
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender healthcare : a clinical guide to preventive, primary, and specialist care

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121378
Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing , 2016.
Audience
Professional
  1 read online  
Editor
Eckstrand, Kristen L.
Ehrenfeld, Jesse M.
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Publication Date
2016
Series
EBSCOhost eBook
Subjects
Minority Health
Health Services
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Health Services for Transgender Persons
Notes
SOGIE 2SLGBTQIA Collection
ISBN
9783319197517
9783319197524
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
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The remedy : queer and trans voices on health and health care

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121381
Sharman, Zena. [Vancouver, BC?]: Arsenal Pulp Press , 2016.
Audience
Patient or Public
Table of contents:; Introduction: Why Queer and Trans Health Stories Matter -- Appendix -- Call in Sick -- Name Game: Being Seen in My Entirety -- Unlearning: Improving Trans Care by Reorienting Medical and Nursing Discourse -- Navigating This Life as a Black Intersex Man -- Confessions of a Gender…
  1 read online  
Author
Sharman, Zena
Place of Publication
[Vancouver, BC?]
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press
Publication Date
2016
Series
EBSCOhost eBook
Subjects
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Transgender Persons
Minority Health
Health Services for Transgender Persons
Healthcare Disparities
Personal Narratives
Abstract
Table of contents:
Introduction: Why Queer and Trans Health Stories Matter -- Appendix -- Call in Sick -- Name Game: Being Seen in My Entirety -- Unlearning: Improving Trans Care by Reorienting Medical and Nursing Discourse -- Navigating This Life as a Black Intersex Man -- Confessions of a Gender Specialist -- Read This Before Your Next Clinical Visit: Cheap Advice for Frequent Patients -- Queer and Trans Health Innovation Profile: The Q Card Project (Seattle, Washington) -- Using Medical Education to Advance Health of LGBT Individuals -- Health as a Spiritual Practice: Or, Please Don?t Call Me ?Lady? -- Our Caregiving, Ourselves -- Queer in Common Country -- NIRKwUSCIN -- A Journey Towards Safety -- Queer and Trans Health Innovation Profile: Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services LGBTQ+ Newcomer Initiatives (Toronto, Ontario) -- Sex Work Solidarity as Healing: in four parts -- The Disclosure of Specialization: A QPOC Therapist?s Questions about Embodied Mirroring and Mentoring -- Trans Grit -- Queer and Trans Health Innovation Profile: The Trans Buddy Program (Nashville, Tennessee) -- Rivers of Our Lives: Stigma and Dislocations as Part of Life Course -- Sick of it: One patient?s adventures in heteronormativity -- Remedial Asexuality: Sexualnormativity in Health Care -- Five Things Providers Need to Know about Bisexual People -- Queer and Trans Health Innovation Profile: The Affirmations Deck (Toronto, Ontario) -- Breaking Down Barriers: A Journey to Increase Collaboration and Understanding Between LGBT2-SQ and Medical Communities -- Baby Escape Plan Two -- Mind Your Words -- Queer and Trans Health Innovation Profile: The Catherine White Holman Wellness Centre (Vancouver, BC) -- We Don?t Have to Numb Out to Be Out -- Depathologizing Trans -- Through the Body -- Healing Exchanges: The Necessity of Beloved Community for Queer Survivors of Colour -- Not a Liability: On Trauma-Informed Care and Community Acupuncture -- Listen -- Waiting on Information from Doctors.
Notes
SOGIE 2SLGBTQIA Collection
ISBN
9781551526584
9781551526591
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Internet
Website Notes
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Transgender health issues

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124286
Boslaugh, Sarah. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood , 2018.
Audience
Professional
  1 read online  
Author
Boslaugh, Sarah
Place of Publication
Santa Barbara, CA
Publisher
Greenwood
Publication Date
2018
Series
EBSCOhost eBook Nursing Collection
Health and medical issues today
Subjects
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Transgender Persons
Culturally Competent Care
Gender Identity
Health Equity
Health Services for Transgender Persons
ISBN
9781440858871
9781440858888.
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
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LGBTQ cultures : what health care professionals need to know about sexual and gender diversity

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120535
Eliason, Michele J., Chinn, Peggy L. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer , 2018. 3rd ed.
Audience
Professional
Table of Contents:; Overview and theoretical framework -- What's in a word? Concepts related to sex/gender and sexuality -- The deadly effects of stigma -- Myths and facts about sexual orientation and gender identity -- Developmental transitions -- Cultures within cultures : diversity and LGBTQ co…
  1 read online  
Author
Eliason, Michele J.
Chinn, Peggy L.
Edition
3rd ed.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, PA
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
2018
Series
R2 Library
Subjects
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Transgender Persons
Attitude of Health Personnel
Culturally Competent Care
Gender Identity
Social Stigma
Health Equity
Health Services for Transgender Persons
Abstract
Table of Contents:
Overview and theoretical framework -- What's in a word? Concepts related to sex/gender and sexuality -- The deadly effects of stigma -- Myths and facts about sexual orientation and gender identity -- Developmental transitions -- Cultures within cultures : diversity and LGBTQ communities -- The effects of stigma on health -- Substance abuse and mental health -- Physical health disorders -- Provider attitudes and knowledge -- LGBTQ healthcare professionals -- Structural barriers to quality care -- Conclusions and a call to action.
ISBN
1496394607
9781496394606
9781496394613
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
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Exploring equitably high quality cancer survivorship care

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog121193
Truant, Tracy L. O. [Vancouver, BC?]: University of British Columbia , 2018.
Audience
Professional
  1 read online  
Author
Truant, Tracy L. O.
Place of Publication
[Vancouver, BC?]
Publisher
University of British Columbia
Publication Date
2018
Subjects
Cancer Survivors
Healthcare Disparities
Canada
Language
English
Material Type
Thesis
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Structures of indifference : an indigenous life and death in a Canadian city

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog122893
McCallum, Mary Jane Logan, Perry, Adele. Winnipeg, MB: University of Manitoba Press , 2018.
Audience
Patient or Public
Call Number
WA300 M478 2018
Availability
4 copies, 4 available
"[This book] examines an Indigenous life and death in a Canadian city and what it reveals about the ongoing history of colonialism. In September 2008, Brian Sinclair, a middle-aged, non-Status Anishinaabe resident of Winnipeg, arrived in the emergency room of a major downtown hospital. Over a thirt…
Author
McCallum, Mary Jane Logan
Perry, Adele
Place of Publication
Winnipeg, MB
Publisher
University of Manitoba Press
Publication Date
2018
Physical Description
186 p. :ill. ; 18 cm.
Subjects
First Nations
Metis
Healthcare Disparities
Racism
Race Relations - history
Cultural Competency
Minority Health
Canada
Popular Work
Abstract
"[This book] examines an Indigenous life and death in a Canadian city and what it reveals about the ongoing history of colonialism. In September 2008, Brian Sinclair, a middle-aged, non-Status Anishinaabe resident of Winnipeg, arrived in the emergency room of a major downtown hospital. Over a thirty-four- hour period, he was left untreated and unattended to, and ultimately died from an easily treatable infection. McCallum and Perry present the ways in which Sinclair, once erased and ignored, came to represent diffuse, yet singular and largely dehumanized ideas about Indigenous people, modernity, and decline in cities. This story tells us about ordinary indigeneity in the city of Winnipeg through Sinclair?s experience and restores the complex humanity denied him in his interactions with Canadian health and legal systems, both before and after his death." - Provided by publisher.
ISBN
9780887558351
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Vancouver Library
Prince George Cancer Info Ctr
Victoria Cancer Info Ctr
Kelowna Cancer Info Ctr
Call Number
WA300 M478 2018
Website Notes
Some copies was purchased with a donation from the Order of the Eastern Star.

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Cancer health equity research

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog123006
Cambridge, MA: Academic Press , 2020.
Audience
Professional
  1 read online  
Alternate Title
Advances in cancer research
Editor
Ford, Marvella E.
Esnaola, Nestor F.
Place of Publication
Cambridge, MA
Publisher
Academic Press
Publication Date
2020
Series
Proquest Ebook Central
Advances in cancer research, vol. 146
Subjects
Neoplasms
Healthcare Disparities
Delivery of Health Care
Minority Health
ISBN
9780128201763
9780128201770
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
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Bodies and barriers : queer activists on health

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog123682
Oakland, CA: PM Press , 2020.
Audience
Professional
Summary:; LGBT people pervasively experience health disparities, affecting every part of their bodies and lives. Yet many are still grappling to understand the mutually reinforcing health care challenges that lead LGBT people to experience worsened health outcomes. Bodies and Barriers informs healt…
  1 read online  
Editor
Shanker, Adrian
Place of Publication
Oakland, CA
Publisher
PM Press
Publication Date
2020
Series
Proquest Ebook Central
Subjects
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Culturally Competent Care
Healthcare Disparities
Abstract
Summary:
LGBT people pervasively experience health disparities, affecting every part of their bodies and lives. Yet many are still grappling to understand the mutually reinforcing health care challenges that lead LGBT people to experience worsened health outcomes. Bodies and Barriers informs health care professionals, students in health professions, policymakers, and fellow activists about these challenges, providing insights and a road map for action that could improve queer health. - Provided by publisher.
ISBN
9781629638010
9781629637846
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Supporting transgender autistic youth and adults : a guide for professionals and families

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog123681
Gratton, Finn V. London, UK: Jessica Kingsley Publishers , 2021.
Audience
Professional
  1 read online  
Author
Gratton, Finn V.
Place of Publication
London, UK
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication Date
2021
Series
Proquest Ebook Central
Subjects
Autistic Disorder
Transgender Persons
Health Services for Transgender Persons
Health Services for Persons with Disabilities
ISBN
9781784508302
9781785928031
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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Health equity : a solutions-focused approach

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog123716
New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company , 2021.
Audience
Professional
"It feels as though the field of health equity has finally come into its time. Conversations about the presence of health disparities have evolved into discussions of how to eliminate them, which have in turn evolved into a broader movement to truly achieve equity in health predictors, statuses, an…
  1 read online  
Editor
Smalley, K. Bryant
Warren, Jacob C.
Fernández, María Isabel
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Springer Publishing Company
Publication Date
2021
Series
Proquest Ebook Central
Subjects
Health Equity
Healthcare Disparities
United States
Abstract
"It feels as though the field of health equity has finally come into its time. Conversations about the presence of health disparities have evolved into discussions of how to eliminate them, which have in turn evolved into a broader movement to truly achieve equity in health predictors, statuses, and outcomes. The field of health equity is at its core a branch of social justice, and the movement has clearly begun. The road is long, however, and the issues that drive the underlying presence of health disparities remain firmly in place. The field also remains very new, particularly in investigating the unique health and healthcare needs of groups that are not only marginalized in society, but also largely neglected in the scientific literature. -- Provided by publisher.
ISBN
9780826177247
9780826177230
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
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The care we dream of : liberatory & transformative approaches to LGBTQ+ health

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124550
Vancouver, BC: Arsenal Pulp Press , 2021.
Audience
Patient or Public
  1 read online  
Editor
Sharman, Zena
Place of Publication
Vancouver, BC
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press
Publication Date
2021
Series
EBSCOhost eBook
Subjects
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Minority Health
Healthcare Disparities
Physician-Patient Relations
Personal Narratives
Notes
SOGIE 2SLGBTQIA Collection
ISBN
9781551528618
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Internet
Website Notes
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Health and health care in northern Canada

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog125000
Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press , 2021.
Audience
Professional
Call Number
WA300 H434h 2021
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
"Accounting for almost two thirds of the country's land-mass, Northern Canada is a vast region, host to rich natural resources and a diverse cultural heritage shared across Indigenous and non-Indigenous residents. In this book, Rebecca Schiff and Helle Møller analyse health and healthcare in Northe…
Editor
Schiff, Rebecca
Møller, Helle
Place of Publication
Toronto, ON
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Publication Date
2021
Physical Description
xxxi, 326 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Subjects
Health Services, Indigenous
Healthcare Disparities
Health Status Disparities
Indigenous Canadians
Inuit
Canada
Abstract
"Accounting for almost two thirds of the country's land-mass, Northern Canada is a vast region, host to rich natural resources and a diverse cultural heritage shared across Indigenous and non-Indigenous residents. In this book, Rebecca Schiff and Helle Møller analyse health and healthcare in Northern Canada from a perspective that acknowledges the unique strengths, resilience, and innovation of northerners, while also addressing the challenges aggravated by contemporary manifestations of colonialism. Old and new forms of colonial programs and policies continue to create health and healthcare disparities in the North, which has had a profound impact on northerners. Divided into three sections, Health and Healthcare in Northern Canada paints a broad picture of primary issues that northern peoples face. Several chapters are written by northerners and utilize case studies, quotes, photographs, and other materials to highlight voices and perspectives of people living in northern Canada. In order to maintain resilience, improve the positive outcomes of health determinants, and diminish negative stereotypes, we must ensure that northerners - and their cultures, values, strengths and leadership - are at the centre of the ongoing work to achieve social justice and health equity."-- Provided by publisher
ISBN
9781487521790
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Audience
Professional
Location
Vancouver Library
Call Number
WA300 H434h 2021

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