Listening to our Elders: lessons from the First Nations Health Program in Whitehorse, Yukon
With an increasing emphasis on holistic and culturally appropriate healthcare, a community in the Yukon has set a new standard for serving the needs of its specific population. Whitehorse General Hospital has collaborated with representative Yukon First Nations elders to create the First Nations Hea...
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ftubcjournals:oai:ojs.library.ubc.ca:article/2099 2023-05-15T16:14:09+02:00 Listening to our Elders: lessons from the First Nations Health Program in Whitehorse, Yukon Passmore, Amy Romano, Kali Kellock, Trent Nevin, Jennifer 2011-10-05 application/pdf application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/ubcmj/article/view/2099 eng eng UBC Medical Journal http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/ubcmj/article/view/2099/2234 http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/ubcmj/article/view/2099/187147 http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/ubcmj/article/view/2099/187225 http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/ubcmj/article/view/2099 UBC Medical Journal; Vol. 3 No. 1 (2011): The Aging Issue info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2011 ftubcjournals 2023-01-04T07:48:06Z With an increasing emphasis on holistic and culturally appropriate healthcare, a community in the Yukon has set a new standard for serving the needs of its specific population. Whitehorse General Hospital has collaborated with representative Yukon First Nations elders to create the First Nations Health Program, a program dedicated to allowing Aboriginal people to access Traditional practices which are integrated alongside Western health care. This program has successfully demonstrated the importance of incorporating culture into the healing process. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Whitehorse Yukon Open Access Journal Hosting (University of British Columbia) Yukon |
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With an increasing emphasis on holistic and culturally appropriate healthcare, a community in the Yukon has set a new standard for serving the needs of its specific population. Whitehorse General Hospital has collaborated with representative Yukon First Nations elders to create the First Nations Health Program, a program dedicated to allowing Aboriginal people to access Traditional practices which are integrated alongside Western health care. This program has successfully demonstrated the importance of incorporating culture into the healing process. |
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