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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815315403321

Autore

Moss Margaret P.

Titolo

American Indian health and nursing / / Margaret P. Moss, editor ; contributors, Nicolle L. Gonzales, MSN, RN, CNM [and twelve others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Springer Publishing Company, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-78684-813-9

0-8261-2985-4

Edizione

[[Enhanced Credo edition]]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (417 p.)

Disciplina

362.173

Soggetti

Transcultural nursing - United States

Indians of North America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Indigenous America: Preface; Overview / Margaret P. Moss; Precontact indigenous North America / Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr.; Postcontact, sovereignty, and health / Margaret P. Moss; The roots of American Indian "nursing" / Margaret P. Moss; The Indian health system and nursing / Ruth E. Meilstrup and Margaret P. Moss; Beyond the IHS: indigenous knowledge and traditional approaches to health and healing / S. Neyooxet Greymorning -- Part II. Nursing in the 10 cultural areas: regional and tribal issues for nurses: Preface; ; AI/AN elders: mapping cultural areas and regional variances in health / Margaret P. Moss; Northeastern woodlands / Marilynn Malerba; Southeastern woodlands / Lee Anne Nichols; American Indian tribes of the southwest / Nicolle L. Gonzales; Great Basin / Lillian Tom-Orme; California Indians / Bette Jacobs; Pacific northwest/Plateau / C. June Strickland; Alaska / Christopher M. Nelson; Northern Great Plains / Margaret P. Moss and Donna M. Grandbois; Urban American Indians / Lisa Martin and Margaret P. Moss -- Part III. Policy, the future of nursing, and Indian country: Preface; Indian health funding: time for change / Marilynn Malerba and Margaret P. Moss; The future of nursing report and American Indian nursing education / Margaret P. Moss -- Appendix A. List of federally recognized tribes -- Appendix B. 66 state-recognized tribes --



Appendix C. About the author.

Sommario/riassunto

The text covers the history of American Indians with a focus on the drastic changes that occurred following European contact. The book addresses the roots of American Indian nursing, including coverage of indigenous knowledge and traditional approaches to health and healing.