Being alive well : indigenous belief as opposition among the Whapmagoostui Cree

• Main Author: Adelson, Naomi
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: McGill University 1992
• Subjects: Cree Indians > Health and hygiene; Cree Indians > Social life and customs; Whapmagoostui; Cree indians
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=39464

Through an analysis of Cree concepts of well-being, I challenge conventional social scientific definitions of health. In this dissertation I argue that there exists a fundamental biomedical dualism in health studies and, using cross-cultural examples, explore an expanded notion of "health"...