Advances in Contemporary Indigenous Health Care (1st edn)
Special Issue of Contemporary Nurse
Volume 22 Issue 2 September 2006
xiii+202 pages ISBN 978-0-9750436-9-1
Editors:
Eileen Willis
Faculty of Health Sciences, Flinders University
Victoria Smye
University of British Columbia, Canada
Maria Rameka
Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
This special issue focuses on building Indigenous health capacity through examining the roles of current community, traditional, social, clinical and nursing practices in Australia, New Zealand and North America, as well as historical constraints and opportunities.
Approaches to partnerships, self management and/or best practice in mental health/wellness, diabetes, cardiac and other clinical practice areas are presented and compared across Pacific Rim countries. The issue aims to improve indigenous health outcomes and to increase cultural understanding and retention of Indigenous health care workers in education programs.
Indigenous Health Course Coordinators are invited to contact the publisher for a free inspection copy.
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Editors:
Jane Shoebridge and Eileen Willis Flinders University, Adelaide SA
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