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Aboriginal Health Case Study

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The delivery of Aboriginal health in Canada is complex and multi-jurisdictional depending upon whether one is First Nation, Inuit, and/or Métis; status or non-status; on-reserve or off-reserve; living in a territory or province; urban or remote; and whether a nation has settled a treaty or not. I commend Lemchuk-Favel and Jock (2004) for recognizing that an approach to Aboriginally-controlled health systems cannot be a one-size fits all solution. The case studies emphasize “the diversity in Aboriginal health systems necessary to accommodate vast differences in cultural expectations, health service needs, jurisdictional complexity, and geographic location” (Lemchuk-Favel & Jock, 2004, p. 28). I found it promising that several provinces and territories

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