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Healthways
Newfoundland elders: their lifestyles and values
By: R.R.
Andersen,
J.K. Crellin & B. O'Dwyer
Healthways
began as an exploration of changing health care beliefs and practices in
Newfoundland during the first half of the twentieth century. The authors, an anthropologist, a folklorist and a medical doctor,
sought to
capture the changes through the voices of those who participated in
them. One reason for the exploration was to look not only at the
dramatic impact of changes in health care, but also in Newfoundland
lifestyles. Their thought was that because of the changes, Newfoundland's
older and younger generations may well have very different values and
understandings about living healthy lives.
The voices of the
elders are printed verbatim with silent editing to smooth reading. While
the names of informants have been changed, most names mentioned by
informants are as given.
The authors
acknowledge their debt to the seniors, who in typical Newfoundland
fashion generously opened their doors to interviewers and shared their
memories and ideas and hope that they have done justice to all that
they were told and taught.
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