American Indian Health
Subtitle: Innovations in Health Care, Promotion, and Policy
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: July 3, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9780801863288
Subjects: Health systems & services; Medical; Health Services For Special Classes; Native Americans; Health & Fitness; Medical / Nursing; United States.; USA; Medical care; Health Care Delivery; Health Policy; Medical / Internal Medicine; Health Care Issues; Native American; Health and hygiene; Indian Health Service; Indians of North America
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.