Research Catalog

Title

Healthways : Newfoundland elders : their lifestyles and values / R.R. Andersen, J.K. Crellin & B. O'Dwyer.

Author

Andersen, Raoul.

Publication

St. John's, Nfld. : Creative Publishers, 1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Crellin, J. K.
• O'Dwyer, Bernard.

Description

viii, 176 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Subject

• Aged
• Anthropologie médicale > Terre-Neuve
• Geriatrics
• Health Services
• Medical anthropology > Newfoundland and Labrador
• Medical care > Newfoundland and Labrador > History
• Newfoundland and Labrador > Social life and customs
• Older people > Newfoundland and Labrador
• Personnes âgées > Terre-Neuve
• Soins médicaux > Terre-Neuve > Histoire
• Terre-Neuve > Moeurs et coutumes

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface -- I. Listening and understanding -- II. "The way it was:" lifestyles -- The Newfoundland context -- Bounty and dissolution -- Church and community -- School -- The family -- Listing to Newfoundland voices -- III. "You did what you're told." -- Looking after one's health -- "What's good for you," from exercise to nutrition? -- Tonics -- Family and community support -- Women's health -- IV. "Strong tonics:" coping with ill-health -- Tuberculosis -- Bleeding -- Children's ailments -- Muscle aches, rheumatism, arthritis -- Practitioners: variety galore -- V. "At this time of my life:" coping in old-age -- What I'm concerned about is our country -- Today is different -- Memories, roots and recipes for healthy living -- Worries about the "soft" life -- VI. Why Listen? Values and Healthways -- Informants -- General Readings -- Index.

ISBN

1895387973 :

LCCN

cn^98950150^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library