Narratives of social support and health in aboriginal communities

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 347-351

  Richmond, Chantelle A M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal health; Colonialism; Community health representatives; Narrative analysis; Social environment; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548482974     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405416     Document Type: Article

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