LEADER 03910nam 22005893 450 001 9910792028303321 005 20230417215103.0 010 $a0-7391-3038-2 035 $a(CKB)2560000000101918 035 $a(EBL)1210655 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000956547 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11529260 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000956547 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10965492 035 $a(PQKB)11118444 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1210655 035 $a(iGPub)ROWMANB0004891 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000101918 100 $a20130701d1955|||| uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$a"If you knew the conditions" $ea chronicle of the Indian medical service and American Indian health care, 1908-1955 /$fDavid H. DeJong 210 1$aLanham :$cLexington Books,$d1955. 215 $a1 online resource (199 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-7391-2446-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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; Index 330 $a"After 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. If You Knew the Conditions argues that the U.S. Congress provided little more than basic, curative treatment, and that this Congressional parsimony is reflected in the services (or lack thereof) provided by the Indian Medical Service." "David H. DeJong considers the mediocre results of the Indian Medical Service from a cultural perspective. He argues that, rather than considering a social conservation model of medicine, the Indian Service focused on curative medicine from a strictly Western perspective. This failure to appreciate the unique American Indian cultural norms and values associated with health and well-being led to a resistance from American Indians which seemingly justified parsimonious Congressional appropriations and initiated a cycle of benign neglect. If You Knew the Conditions examines the impact of the long-standing Congressional mandate of cultural assimilation, combined with the Congressional desire to abolish the Indian Service, on the degree and extent of disease in Indian Country."--Jacket 606 $aIndians of North America$xHistory$xMedical care$y20th century 606 $aIndians of North America$xHealth and hygiene$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aDelivery of Health Care$xhistory 606 $aIndians, North American$xhistory 606 $aHealth Services, Indigenous 615 0$aIndians of North America$xHistory$xMedical care 615 0$aIndians of North America$xHealth and hygiene$xHistory 615 12$aDelivery of Health Care$xhistory. 615 12$aIndians, North American$xhistory. 615 22$aHealth Services, Indigenous. 676 $a362.1089/97073 676 $a362.108997073 700 $aDejong$b David N$0473358 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792028303321 996 $a"If you knew the conditions"$93781004 997 $aUNINA