Achieving Cultural Integration in Health Services: Design of Comprehensive Hospital Model for Traditional Healing, Medicines, Foods and Supports

• Published in: International Journal of Indigenous Health
• Main Authors: Walker, Roger, Cromarty, Helen, Linkewich, Barbara, Semple, Douglas, St. Pierre-Hansen, Natalie
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health 2013
• Subjects: Lookout; anishina*
• Online Access: https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/12346; https://doi.org/10.18357/ijih61201012346

Genuine cross-cultural competency in health requires the effective integration of traditional and contemporary knowledge and practices. This paper outlines an analytical framework that assists patients/clients, providers, administrators, and policy-makers with an enhanced ability to make appropriate...