The Nanaimo and Charles Camsell Indian Hospitals: First Nations’ Narratives of Health Care, 1945 to 1965

• Published in: Histoire sociale/Social history
• Main Author: Drees, Laurie Meijer
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Les Publications Histoire sociale - Social History Inc. 2010
• Subjects: British Columbia; Canada; Indian; First Nations; Premières Nations
• Online Access: https://hssh.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/hssh/article/view/38771; https://doi.org/10.1353/his.2010.0002

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...