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• ISBN: 0875530249
• ISBN: 9780875530246
• Physical Description: xxi, 311 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
• Publisher: Washington, DC : American Public Health Association, c2001.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Legal and historical basis of Indian health care / Brett Lee Shelton -- The unique role of tribes in the delivery of health services to native Americans / Mim Dixon -- Economic and organizational changes in health care systems / Mim Dixon et. al.--Challenges of serving the growing population of urban Indians / Ralph Forquera -- The elder population and long term care / Dave Baldridge -- Behavioral health services for American Indians: need, use, and barriers to effective care / Spero M. Manson -- Diabetes in American Indians / Yvette Roubideaux and Kelly Acton -- Cardiovascular disease / Yvette Roubideaux -- Cancer: a growing problem among American Indians and Alaska natives / Linda Burhansstipanov -- Health surveillance, research, and information / Yvette Roubideaux and Mim Dixon.

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Indians of North America > Health and hygiene.
Indians of North America > Medical care.
United States. Indian Health Service.
Delivery of Health Care > Alaska.
Delivery of Health Care > United States.
Indians, North American > Alaska.
Indians, North American > United States.
Public Health > Alaska.
Public Health > United States.
Health Policy > Alaska.
Health Policy > United States.