Living with diabetes on Baffin Island: Inuit storytellers share their experiences

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-21

  Bird, Susan M ^a   Wiles, Janine L ^b   Okalik, Looee ^c   Kilabuk, Jonah ^d   Egeland, Grace M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Health and Environment   (Canada)

^d Project Steering Committee   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access; Diabetes; Health services; Inuit; Language; Storytelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949148623     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403734     Document Type: Article

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