Title: Native American communities on health and disability : a borderland dialogue /
Authors: Lovern, Lavonna, 1962-; Locust, Carol
Year: 2013
Subjects: Health Services, Indigenous; Cultural Characteristics; Delivery of Health Care ethnology; Health Status; Indians, North American; Indians of North America Health and hygiene History.; Indians of North America Medical care History.; Indians of North America Diseases; HEALTH & FITNESS Diseases General.; HEALTH & FITNESS Health Care Issues.; Health systems & services United States of America, USA Native American.; Illness & addiction: social aspects United States of America, USA Native American.; Indians of North America Diseases; Indians of North America Health and hygiene; Indians of North America Medical care; Indigenous peoples United States of America, USA Native American.; Indigenous peoples USA.; Medical sociology United States of America, USA Native American.; Medical sociology USA.; MEDICAL Diseases.; MEDICAL Health Care Delivery.; MEDICAL Health Policy.; MEDICAL Public Health.; SOCIAL SCIENCE Disease & Health Issues.; Society.; Sociology United States of America, USA Native American.; Sociology USA.; United States ethnology
Abstract: This volume examines concepts of disability and wellness in Native American communities, prominently featuring the life's work of Dr. Carol Locust. Authors Locust and Lovern confront the difficulties of translating not only words but also entire concepts between Western and Indigenous cultures, and by increasing the cultural competency of those unfamiliar with Native American ways of being are able to bring readers from both cultures into a more equal dialogue. The three sections contained herein focus on intercultural translation; dialogues with Native American community members; and finally a discussion of being in the world gently as caregivers.