Seeking paths to culturally competent health care: Lessons from two Saskatchewan aboriginal communities

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 166-182

  Petrucka, Pammla ^a   Bassendowski, Sandra ^a   Bourassa, Carrie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b FIRST NATIONS UNIVERSITY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal health; Community based research; Cultural competency

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSUMER; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; SASKATCHEWAN; SOCIAL VALUES; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING;

EID: 34547779922     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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