American Indian Health
Subtitle: Innovations in Health Care, Promotion, and Policy
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: October 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9780801869044
Subjects: Ethnic studies; Public health & preventive medicine; Public Health; Health/Fitness; Medical; Medical / Nursing; USA; Public Policy - Social Policy; Health Care Delivery; Health Policy; Medical / Internal Medicine; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies
First sentence: As presently understood, the story of American Indian health begins about 20,000-14,000 years ago, when, for reasons obscure but undoubtedly associated with shifts in climate, the first humans known to inhabit the Western Hemisphere made their appearance in North America.