Urban-indigenous therapeutic landscapes: A case study of an urban American Indian health organization

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1025-1033

  Wendt, Dennis C ^a   Gone, Joseph P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indians; Health disparities; Indigenous peoples; Therapeutic landscapes; Urban Indian health organizations

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LANDSCAPE; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INTERVIEW; LANDSCAPE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBAN INDIGENOUS THERAPEUTIC LANDSCAPE;

EID: 84864794698     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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