Aboriginal peoples, health and healing approaches: The effects of age and place on health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 355-364

  Wilson, Kathi ^a   Rosenberg, Mark W ^b   Abonyi, Sylvia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health care utilization; Health status; Off reserve; Older Aboriginal people; Reserves; Traditional healing

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ADOLESCENT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ESKIMO; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CANADA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953016700     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.09.022     Document Type: Article

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