An Error In Judgement By Dara Culhane Speck
& Distribution Specials Submission Guidelines View Shopping Cart Browse Books by Category Drama Fiction Non-Fiction Poetry Subscribe to our Newsletter PURCHASE BOOKS HERE An Error In Judgement Print Edition Canadian Customers $24.95 CDN US & International Customers $24.95 US Payments processed by PayPal Saturday March 27, 2010 in Books An Error In Judgement The Politics of Medical Care in an Indian/White Community By Dara Culhane ON JANUARY 22, 1979, an eleven-year-old Native girl died of a ruptured appendix in an Alert Bay, B.C. hospital. The events that followed are chronicled here by Dara Culhane Speck, a member by marriage of the Nimpkish Indian Band in Alert Bay. She has relied mainly on interviews, anecdotes, and public records to describe how this small, isolated Native community took on the local hospital, the College of Physicians and Surgeons, provincial and federal ministries of health, and national media, because their private tragedy held implications that reached far beyond one child, one physician, one town, and even one century. ISBN 13: 9780889222465 | ISBN 10: 889222460 6 W x 9 H x 1 D inches | 280 pages $24.95 CAN / $24.95 US Rights:World Backlist | Non-Fiction | Bisac: MED050000 ” QUOTES OF NOTE Successfully forces the liberal white reader to look beyond totem poles and quaint indian baskets to our common history. — Vancouver Sun About the Contributors Dara Culhane Dara Culhane's first book, An Error in Judgement, probes the controversial 1979 death of a First Nations child who died of an undiagnosed ruptured appendix in Alert Bay, B.C. She continued her work with The Pleasure of the Crown, which offers an in-depth analysis of Aboriginal title litigation in British Columbia and examines the cultural values and biases of the courts from an anthropologist’s point of view. > Go to biography… The Pleasure of the Crown Dara Culhane Non-Fiction An Error In Judgement Dara Culhane Non-Fiction Copyright Talonbooks 1963-2016 We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts; the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund (CBF); and the Province of British Columbia through the British Columbia Arts Council for our publishing activities. If you have any questions or comments about this website, contact the webmaster.
Vol 10, No 2-3 (1989) > Beaucage An Error in Judgement: The Politics of Medical Care in an Indian/White Community, Dara Culhane Speck Gertie A. Beaucage Full Text: PDF
5 1988 September Dara Culhane Speck, a descendant of European parents, is a member, by marriage, of the Nimpkish Indian Band in Alert Bay https://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol16no5/revanerrorinjudgement.html and was living on the reserve when the main incident documented https://books.google.com/books?id=Ex5KkcuSbkoC&pg=PA236&lpg=PA236&dq=an+error+in+judgement+by+dara+culhane+speck&source=bl&ots=wuaumnd3Tz&sig=F7nHcW7_Vfga6Npvbr7VjnpjF5g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiIvdSHiqvPAhWi6oMKHZs_A7AQ6 in this book occurred. An Error In Judgement uses the 1979 death of a native child. Renee Smith, to make readers aware of the inequity and injustice of white attitudes towards the native population. The book begins with the death of eleven-year-old Renee Smith from an error an undiagnosed ruptured appendix. The author then provides an outline of the development of the community of Alert Bay prior to the arrival of white settlers. Culhane Speck makes a valiant effort to present her case in as unbiased a manner as possible. She uses many verbatim quotations, all of which are clearly cited in the an error in notes at the end of each chapter. There is an extensive bibliography, as well. The book presents an in-depth look at the many problems faced by Canada's native population today, especially in the field of health care, but An Error in Judgement also touches upon Issues such as land claims, education and government policy. The book is easy to read and holds the reader's interest. There are over fifty black-and-white photographs. Recommended for readers at the post-secondary level, An Error in Judgement would be an excellent case study for those enrolled in the social sciences, employed in a cross-cultural setting or interested in native affairs. Ruth Bainbridge, Humber Community College, Toronto, Ont. HOME | TITLES | AUTHORS | MEDIA | AGE/GRADE | FEATURES 1971-1979 | 1980-1985 | 1986-1990 | 1991-1995 The materials in this archive are copyright © The Manitoba Library Association. Reproduction for personal use is permitted only if this copyright notice is maintained. Any other reproduction is prohibited without permission Copyright information for revi
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