Report from The International Symposium on Public Policy and Traditional Health Systems

SAIIC Board of Directors

Jerry Bodecker

Journal Article

Indigenous people, doctors, traditional and Western researchers came together in Ottawa, Canada to discuss policy and public health for indigenous communities. The symposium is one in a series of meetings including the Pan-American Health Organization. Views on research, health, and cures differed greatly between western researchers and indigenous representatives. Indigenous people rose concerns about lack of cultural sensitivity in health policy.

Summer 1994

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34-35

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