The first book to examine the profound disparities in American Indian health through a nursing lens and how they can be remedied

The average life expectancy of a male born on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota today is somewhere in the mid-40s'Aithe lowest life expectancy ofall peoples not only in the United States but the entire Western Hemisphere. Written by and for nurses, this is the first text to focus exclusively onAmerican Indian health and nursing. In fact, it is likely the only nursing book to even mention American Indian health as a distinct entity. The...