A Long Way from Home is the first comprehensive account of the tuberculosis epidemic among the Inuit in the mid-part of this century. The Inuit were victims not only of the epidemic but also of the Canadian government's shockingly slow response and lack of consideration for their culture. Pat Grygier focuses on patients' experiences and the programs set up to deal with the epidemic, giving a voice to those involved and a human face to the bare statistics.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 616.9/95/008997
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 20
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 0773512160 9780773564855
- LCCN
- RC314.23
- LCCN Item number
- G795 1994eb
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- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xxiv, 233 p.)
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- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)jme00326538 (OCoLC)180704348 (CaOOCEL)400992
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Tables 10
- Figures and Maps 12
- Place Names 14
- Abbreviations 16
- Acknowledgments 18
- Introduction 22
- Illustrations following 26
- PART ONE: SETTING THE SCENE 38
- 1 A Brief History of Tuberculosis in Canada 40
- 2 The Inuit People and the Arctic 53
- 3 Other Players: The Hudson's Bay Company and the Missionaries 66
- 4 Other Players: The Government and the RCMP 77
- PART TWO: THE EVENTS 90
- 5 Emergence of the Problem 92
- 6 The Assault 103
- 7 The Eastern Arctic Patrol 123
- 8 Life in the San. 141
- 9 After the Hospital: Going Home, or a Southern Grave 154
- 10 The 1960s: New Measures in the Northwest Territories 170
- 11 Distinct but Similar: The Epidemic in Quebec and Newfoundland 189
- PART THREE: CONCLUSIONS 210
- 12 The Balance Sheet: One Person's Point of View 212
- APPENDICES 224
- 1 Arctic Administration and Principal Events, 1870–1970 226
- 2 Interviews 230
- 3 Hospitals to which Inuit Were Sent, 1940s to 1960s 232
- 4 NANR "Standard Eskimo Discharge Kit" 235
- Notes 238
- A Note on Sources 258
- Credits 260
- Index 262
- A 262
- B 262
- C 262
- D 263
- E 263
- F 264
- G 264
- H 264
- I 265
- J 266
- K 266
- L 266
- M 266
- N 267
- O 267
- P 268
- Q 268
- R 268
- S 268
- T 269
- U 269
- V 269
- W 269
- X 270
- Y 270
