03533nam 22007093u 450 991046567010332120210108135954.00-7391-3038-2(CKB)2560000000101918(EBL)1210655(SSID)ssj0000956547(PQKBManifestationID)11529260(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000956547(PQKBWorkID)10965492(PQKB)11118444(MiAaPQ)EBC1210655(EXLCZ)99256000000010191820130701d1955|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccr'If You Knew the Conditions'[electronic resource] A Chronicle of the Indian Medical Service and American Indian Health Care, 1908-1955Lanham Lexington Books19551 online resource (199 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-2446-3 Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgment; 1 ""If You Knew the Conditions""; 2 Organizing the Indian Medical Service; 3 Reform and Reorganization; 4 The Collier Years; 5 Trachoma and Tuberculosis; 6 A Justified Wave of Criticism?; 7 Into the Public Health Service; 8 ""If You Knew the Conditions""; Bibliography; IndexAfter their sequestering on reservations across the West, American Indians suffered from appalling rates of disease and morbidity. While the United States Indian Service (Bureau of Indian Affairs) provided some services prior to 1908, it was not until then that the Indian Medical Service was established for the purpose of providing services to American Indians. Born in an era of assimilation and myths of vanishing Indians, the Indian Medical Service provided emergency and curative care with little forethought of preventive medicine. DeJong argues that the U.S. Congress provided little more thaIndians of North America -- Health and hygiene -- History -- 20th centuryIndians of North America -- Medical care -- History -- 20th centuryUnited States. Indian Health Service -- History -- 20th centuryIndians of North AmericaHistoryMedical care20th centuryIndians of North AmericaHealth and hygieneHistory20th centuryDelivery of Health CarehistoryIndians, North AmericanhistorySocioeconomic FactorsHealth Services, IndigenousHistory, 20th CenturyUnited StatesElectronic books.Indians of North America -- Health and hygiene -- History -- 20th century.Indians of North America -- Medical care -- History -- 20th century.United States. Indian Health Service -- History -- 20th century.Indians of North AmericaHistoryMedical careIndians of North AmericaHealth and hygieneHistoryDelivery of Health Carehistory.Indians, North Americanhistory.Socioeconomic Factors.Health Services, Indigenous.History, 20th Century.362.1089/97073362.108997073Dejong David N473358AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910465670103321If You Knew the Conditions2041160UNINA