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Nursing Practice With Aboriginal Communities: Expanding Worldviews

School of Nursing, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Anne Bruce, RN; PhD

School of Nursing, University of Victoria,, British Columbia, Canada

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.

Key Words: Aboriginal health • culture • health beliefs worldview

Nursing Science Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 3, 259-263 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0894318405277632


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