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The medicine chest : a physician's journey towards reconciliation
- Author(s):
- Boan, Jarol, author
- Title(s):
- The medicine chest : a physician's journey towards reconciliation / Jarol Boan.
- Country of Publication:
- Canada
- Publisher:
- Regina, Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press, [2024]
- Description:
- xvi, 304 pages : map ; 23 cm
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Language:
- English
- ISBN:
- 9780889779730
0889779732
9780889779761
0889779767
- Summary:
- "An examination of the barriers facing Indigenous people within the healthcare system from the perspective of an empathetic settler physician. After leaving her medical practice in Pennsylvania in 2011, Jarol Boan returned to her childhood home in Saskatchewan, Canada to practise medicine. There she found a healthcare system struggling with preventable chronic diseases and institutional racism. Shocked by her patients' high rate of preventable diseases, Boan realized that a paternalistic deficit model does not support Indigenous communities. Through working to provide medical services in Indigenous communities and learning first-hand from her Indigenous patients, Boan embarked on a road to enlightenment and reconciliation. In The Medicine Chest, Boan exposes the healthcare disparities in a country that prides itself on an equitable healthcare system and examines the devastating effects of diabetes, the myth of "the drunken Indian," the inner workings of hospitals, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, epidemics on reserves, and residential school trauma. Exploring the intersectionality of common diseases and social determinants of health gained from her experience of caring for Indigenous patients, Boan weaves historical data, comments on health policy, and jurisdictional gaps into the narrative while investigating how Canada's healthcare system is failing those most in need."--
- MeSH:
- Canada
Health Services Accessibility
Health Services, Indigenous*
Indigenous Canadians*
Racism
Social Determinants of Health
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued also in electronic formats.
- Other ID:
- (OCoLC)1402179207
- NLM ID:
- 9918842887306676 [Book]