The politics of health in the Fourth World: a northern Canadian example.
This paper describes the major structural and historical dimensions of health ideology and praxis in the Canadian Arctic. It examines the problems that occur when primary care services exclude their clients from meaningful involvement in planning and administration. It argues that the structure of health services in northern Canada reflects an internal colonial political economy which is characteristic of most Fourth World situations.
D001110:Arctic Regions; D002170:Canada; D006291:Health Policy; D007198:Indians, North American; D011057:Politics; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*