What nurses should know when working in aboriginal communities

Canadian Nurse

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 28-31

  Foster, Caroline H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Aboriginal Pharmacists Association of Canada (APAC)   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal communities; Cultural awareness

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; NURSE'S ROLE; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SCHOOLS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SPIRITUALITY; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING;

EID: 33646488914     PISSN: 00084581     EISSN: 14925494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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