Nanaimo Indian Hospital: A Patient Remembers

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Dedication v
3. Epigraph vii
4. Epigraph ix
5. Contents xi
6. Opening Remarks xv
7. Preface: “Storywork”: Foundations xvii
8. Nanaimo Indian Hospital: A Patient Remembers xxvi
9. introduction: “Storytelling”: Why We Must Listen xxxv
10. “Cold Needles” xli
11. 1. Tuberculosis 1
12. 2. Indian Health Services
13. Introduction 11
14. Nursing Work at the United Church Hospital, Bella Bella, British Columbia 26
15. Nursing Work at the Anglican Hospitals in Aklavik and Pangnirtung 29
16. Director of Nursing at the Camsell 33
17. 3. The Institutions
18. Introduction 41
19. Nursing at the Camsell 61
20. Occupational Therapy Student, Charles Camsell Indian Hospital, 1966 68
21. Working in Occupational Therapy at the Camsell 73
22. 4. Patients and Families
23. Introduction 77
24. A Patient’s Memory of Nanaimo Indian Hospital 99
25. Life as a Patient in the Charles Camsell Indian Hospital 104
26. A Patient and a Worker in British Columbia Indian Hospitals 111
27. Visiting the Nanaimo Indian Hospital 114
28. 5. SNUWUYULTH
29. Introduction 121
30. A Conversation about the Nanaimo Indian Hospital 133
31. Remembering Indian Health Services and Traditional Medicine on the Snuneymuxw Reserve 137
32. 6. Working in Health Care
33. Introduction 143
34. Aboriginal Nurse at the Camsell 168
35. Nanaimo Indian Hospital – Being a Patient and Becoming a Nurse 176
36. Ward Aide and Office Assistant at the Nanaimo Indian Hospital 183
37. Nursing Aide at Lac La Ronge Nursing Station 190
38. Aboriginal People and Nursing 193
39. Postscript 205
40. Acknowledgements 207
41. Appendices 211
42. Notes 213
43. Select Bibliography 231
44. Index 237