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- Title
Nursing Practice With Aboriginal Communities: Expanding Worldviews.
- Authors
Arnold, Othmar F.; Bruce, Anne
- Abstract
Through advances in interpretive inquiry, diverse ways of knowing and experiencing reality are increasingly made explicit in nursing literature. Nevertheless, the privileges of empiricism continue alongside a lack of language to consider other realms of reality. In this column, Aboriginal ways of constituting health and reality are explored. Morley's four categorizations of health belief systems provide a useful tool for understanding diverse worldviews. In contrast, Atleo drew on Nuu-chah-nulth origin stories to address the complexities and ambiguities of Aboriginal health beliefs. Approaches for bridging cultural differences are explored with a view toward inclusive healthcare and nursing practice.
- Subjects
INDIGENOUS peoples; ETHNIC groups; HEALTH; CULTURE; WORLDVIEW
- Publication
Nursing Science Quarterly, 2005, Vol 18, Issue 3, p259
- ISSN
0894-3184
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0894318405277632