A political economic history of medical and dental care in Nunavut, Canada.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the historical development of medical and dental care in the territory of Nunavut, Canada.


METHODS
Ethnographic case study using political economy as a mode of explanation.


METHODS
Participant observations, document reviews and stakeholder interviews, conducted over a four-year period.


RESULTS
There is a clear and now long-term movement from state and professionally controlled health care delivery to Indigenous control over care.


CONCLUSIONS
Indigenous groups increasingly hold control over health care delivery through a complex form of management that straddles both public and private organisational spheres.
Quiñonez
Carlos R
CR
Community Dental Health Services Research Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. carlos.quinonez@utoronto.ca
D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D001110:Arctic Regions; D002170:Canada; D003256:Community Participation / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods; D003729:Dental Care / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006291:Health Policy / Q000266:history*; D006296:Health Services / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D004930:Inuit / Q000266:history*; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D011057:Politics; D012423:Rural Health / Q000266:history