Native American Communities on Health and Disability

Download or read book Native American Communities on Health and Disability written by L. Lovern and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-03-27 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines concepts of disability and wellness in Native American communities, prominently featuring the life's work of Dr. Carol Locust. Authors Locust and Lovern confront the difficulties of translating not only words but also entire concepts between Western and Indigenous cultures, and by increasing the cultural competency of those unfamiliar with Native American ways of being are able to bring readers from both cultures into a more equal dialogue. The three sections contained herein focus on intercultural translation; dialogues with Native American community members; and finally a discussion of being in the world gently as caregivers.