First Nations Women’s Encounters with Mainstream Health Care Services
Health care encounters are important areas for study because they reflect social, political, economic, and ideological relations between patients and the dominant health care system. This study examines mainstream health care encounters from the viewpoint of First Nations women from a reserve commun...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/019394590102300203 2024-09-09T19:40:15+00:00 First Nations Women’s Encounters with Mainstream Health Care Services Browne, Annette J. Fiske, Jo-Anne 2001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/019394590102300203 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/019394590102300203 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Western Journal of Nursing Research volume 23, issue 2, page 126-147 ISSN 0193-9459 1552-8456 journal-article 2001 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/019394590102300203 2024-08-19T04:28:48Z Health care encounters are important areas for study because they reflect social, political, economic, and ideological relations between patients and the dominant health care system. This study examines mainstream health care encounters from the viewpoint of First Nations women from a reserve community in northwestern Canada. Perspectives from critical medical anthropology and the concept of cultural safety provided the theoretical orientation for the study. Critical and feminist ethnographic approaches were used to guide in-depth interviews conducted with 10 First Nations women. Findings were organized around two broad themes that characterized women’s descriptions of “invalidating” and “affirming” encounters. These narratives revealed that women’s encounters were shaped by racism, discrimination, and structural inequities that continue to marginalize and disadvantage First Nations women. The women’s health care experiences have historical, political, and economic significance and are reflective of wider postcolonial relations that shape their everyday lives. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations SAGE Publications Canada Western Journal of Nursing Research 23 2 126 147 |
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Health care encounters are important areas for study because they reflect social, political, economic, and ideological relations between patients and the dominant health care system. This study examines mainstream health care encounters from the viewpoint of First Nations women from a reserve community in northwestern Canada. Perspectives from critical medical anthropology and the concept of cultural safety provided the theoretical orientation for the study. Critical and feminist ethnographic approaches were used to guide in-depth interviews conducted with 10 First Nations women. Findings were organized around two broad themes that characterized women’s descriptions of “invalidating” and “affirming” encounters. These narratives revealed that women’s encounters were shaped by racism, discrimination, and structural inequities that continue to marginalize and disadvantage First Nations women. The women’s health care experiences have historical, political, and economic significance and are reflective of wider postcolonial relations that shape their everyday lives. |
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