Achieving Nationhood Through Health Care Delivery: A History of the Relationship between the Indian Health Service and Indian Tribes

Achieving Nationhood Through Health Care Delivery: A History of the Relationship between the Indian Health Service and Indian Tribes

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Achieving Nationhood Through Health Care Delivery: A History of the Relationship between the Indian Health Service and Indian Tribes

dc.contributor.advisor	Hutt, Peter Barton	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Bowman, Melissa	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2012-06-15T20:27:39Z
dc.date.issued	2005	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Achieving Nationhood Through Health Care Delivery: A History of the Relationship between the Indian Health Service and Indian Tribes (2005 Third Year Paper)	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:8889469
dc.description.abstract	By the measure of its mission, the Indian Health Service is one of the most successful and productive government agencies. At the same time, it is an agency often criticized for not achieving enough. Part of this criticism undoubtedly results from the negative effects caused by a chronic lack of funding. Another part of the criticism, however, comes from a deep-seated belief that they agencyâ€™s priorities are too deeply intertwined with the federal governmentâ€™s national policy agenda and are not sufficiently responsive to the needs of those who receive its services. This paper examines both of these criticisms in light of the transformation of the Indian Health Service from a dominating, centralized federal agency to an agency redefining both its cause and its structure in a time of expanding Indian sovereignty. The paper concludes with an analysis of how the Indian Health Service can support the expansion of sovereignty by pursuing policies that do not just mimic national trends, but that instead develop from cooperation and negotiation with tribal â€&oelig;almost-equals.â€	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dash.license	LAA	en_US
dc.subject	Food and Drug Law	en
dc.subject	Indian Health Service	en
dc.title	Achieving Nationhood Through Health Care Delivery: A History of the Relationship between the Indian Health Service and Indian Tribes	en
dc.type	Paper (for course/seminar/workshop)	en_US
dc.date.available	2012-06-15T20:27:39Z