The relevance of postcolonial theoretical perspectives to research in Aboriginal health

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 16-37

  Browne, Annette J ^a,b   Smye, Victoria L ^a   Varcoe, Colleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal health; Critical inquiry; Cultural safety; First Nations; Indigenous knowledge; Indigenous people; Inequities; Nursing research; Postcolonial theories; Racialization

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMINISM; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; REVIEW; SOCIAL CHANGE; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; COLONIALISM; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMINISM; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; KNOWLEDGE; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 31044456743     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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