Aboriginal health in the medical program in British Columbia: A curriculum analysis

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dc.contributor.authorDe Castro Pereira, Gabriela
dc.contributor.supervisorMatwychuk, Margo Lyn
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-25T20:22:28Z
dc.date.available2014-04-25T20:22:28Z
dc.date.copyright[2014]en_US
dc.date.issued2014-04-25
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Anthropology
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractIt is well documented in the literature that Aboriginal peoples have a lower health status compared to the non-Aboriginal population in Canada. The underlining causes for this health disparity are found in the historical and contemporary practices of colonization and social, economic, and political deprivation. This thesis focuses on another of the complex factors which affect Aboriginal health status: the education and training provided to undergraduate medical students on Aboriginal health issues and the social determinants of health in British Columbia. I conducted a critical discourse analysis of the readings materials of three selected courses. I conclude from the analysis that although some of the themes covered by the courses critically present the historical, social and economic contexts for this health disparity, Aboriginal peoples are still characterized as a needy and sick population. Indigenous issues are far from being centrally positioned in the medical curriculum in British Columbia.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0326en_US
dc.description.proquestemailgabipere@hotmail.comen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/5285
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/*
dc.subjectAboriginal healthen_US
dc.subjectmedical curriculumen_US
dc.subjectdiscourse analysisen_US
dc.subjectmedical educationen_US
dc.subjectsocial determinants of healthen_US
dc.titleAboriginal health in the medical program in British Columbia: A curriculum analysisen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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