"Miller Bay Indian Hospital, was one among many "Indian hosptials" across Canada, under the management of Indian Health Services. This book examines the history of this particular hospital, which opened in 1946 and finally closed in 1971. First Nations patients came from across northern BC and typically stayed for months or years. ...The book attempts to describe the experiences of patients, workers, administrators, and families throughout the twenty-five years of the hospital's existence." -- Back cover.
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ISBN:9781770848788 (softcover)
Physical Description:x, 179 pages : illustrations, chiefly black and white 22 cm print
Publisher:Victoria, British Columbia : First Choice Books, [2016]
Maps--Aknowledgments--Prologue--Beginnings--Tuberculosis and its treatments--One big huge family--The nurses--The doctors--Miller Bay Indian day school--The patients--Epilogue--Glossary of medical terms--endnotes--References--Index.
Summary: "Miller Bay Indian Hospital, was one among many "Indian hosptials" across Canada, under the management of Indian Health Services. This book examines the history of this particular hospital, which opened in 1946 and finally closed in 1971. First Nations patients came from across northern BC and typically stayed for months or years. ...The book attempts to describe the experiences of patients, workers, administrators, and families throughout the twenty-five years of the hospital's existence." -- Back cover.
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