The Nanaimo and Charles Camsell Indian Hospitals: First Nations’ Narratives of Health Care, 1945 to 1965
First Nations’ perspectives on health and health care as delivered by doctors, nurses, and Canada’s former Indian hospital system form a significant part of Canada’s medical history, as well as a part of First Nations people’s personal histories. Oral histories collected in Alberta and British Colum...
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ftjhssh:oai:hssh.journals.yorku.ca:article/38771 2023-05-15T16:15:00+02:00 The Nanaimo and Charles Camsell Indian Hospitals: First Nations’ Narratives of Health Care, 1945 to 1965 Drees, Laurie Meijer 2010-05-01 application/pdf https://hssh.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/hssh/article/view/38771 https://doi.org/10.1353/his.2010.0002 eng eng Les Publications Histoire sociale - Social History Inc. https://hssh.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/hssh/article/view/38771/35172 https://hssh.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/hssh/article/view/38771 doi:10.1353/his.2010.0002 Histoire sociale / Social History; Vol. 43 No. 85 (2010) 1918-6576 0018-2257 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2010 ftjhssh https://doi.org/10.1353/his.2010.0002 2022-11-27T13:44:25Z First Nations’ perspectives on health and health care as delivered by doctors, nurses, and Canada’s former Indian hospital system form a significant part of Canada’s medical history, as well as a part of First Nations people’s personal histories. Oral histories collected in Alberta and British Columbia suggest that First Nations people who experienced the Nanaimo and Charles Camsell Indian hospitals between 1945 and 1965 perceive the value of their experiences to be reflected in their survivance, a concept recalled through narratives emphasizing both humour and pain, as well as past and present personal resilience. Les perspectives des Premières nations sur les services et les soins de santé dispensés par les médecins, les infirmières et l’ancien réseau d’hôpitaux indiens du Canada sont un pan important de l’histoire médicale du Canada et de l’histoire personnelle des membres des Premières nations. Les histoires orales qui ont été recueillies en Alberta et en Colombie-Britannique semblent indiquer que les gens des Premières nations qui ont fait l’expérience des hôpitaux indiens de Nanaimo et Charles Camsell entre 1945 et 1965 estiment que la valeur de leurs expériences se reflète dans leur survie, un concept repris par des récits mettant l’accent à la fois sur l’humour et la douleur, et dans leur résilience personnelle passée et présente. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Premières Nations Histoire sociale/Social History (E-Journal) British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) Canada Indian Histoire sociale/Social history 43 85 165 191 |
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First Nations’ perspectives on health and health care as delivered by doctors, nurses, and Canada’s former Indian hospital system form a significant part of Canada’s medical history, as well as a part of First Nations people’s personal histories. Oral histories collected in Alberta and British Columbia suggest that First Nations people who experienced the Nanaimo and Charles Camsell Indian hospitals between 1945 and 1965 perceive the value of their experiences to be reflected in their survivance, a concept recalled through narratives emphasizing both humour and pain, as well as past and present personal resilience. Les perspectives des Premières nations sur les services et les soins de santé dispensés par les médecins, les infirmières et l’ancien réseau d’hôpitaux indiens du Canada sont un pan important de l’histoire médicale du Canada et de l’histoire personnelle des membres des Premières nations. Les histoires orales qui ont été recueillies en Alberta et en Colombie-Britannique semblent indiquer que les gens des Premières nations qui ont fait l’expérience des hôpitaux indiens de Nanaimo et Charles Camsell entre 1945 et 1965 estiment que la valeur de leurs expériences se reflète dans leur survie, un concept repris par des récits mettant l’accent à la fois sur l’humour et la douleur, et dans leur résilience personnelle passée et présente. |
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The Nanaimo and Charles Camsell Indian Hospitals: First Nations’ Narratives of Health Care, 1945 to 1965 |
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The Nanaimo and Charles Camsell Indian Hospitals: First Nations’ Narratives of Health Care, 1945 to 1965 |
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The Nanaimo and Charles Camsell Indian Hospitals: First Nations’ Narratives of Health Care, 1945 to 1965 |
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The Nanaimo and Charles Camsell Indian Hospitals: First Nations’ Narratives of Health Care, 1945 to 1965 |
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The Nanaimo and Charles Camsell Indian Hospitals: First Nations’ Narratives of Health Care, 1945 to 1965 |
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nanaimo and charles camsell indian hospitals: first nations’ narratives of health care, 1945 to 1965 |
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Les Publications Histoire sociale - Social History Inc. |
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