Objectives. To review the current status of health care access and utilization among
Indigenous people in the North America, Australia and New Zealand. Study Design …

Abstract Objective Cancer among Indigenous populations in the developed world appears
to have increased over past few decades. This article explores issues related to cancer …

Aboriginal people in Canada suffer ill-health at much higher rates compared with the rest of
the population. A key challenge is the disjuncture between the dominant biomedical …

Multicultural advocates within professional psychology routinely call for “culturally
competent” counseling interventions. Such advocates frequently cite and celebrate …

Background Despite a lower overall incidence, Aboriginal Australians experience poorer
outcomes from cancer compared with the non-Aboriginal population as manifested by …

Aim This article explores and describes participatory action research (PAR) as a preferred
method in addressing nursing practice issues. This is the first study that used PAR with …

Most women in Canada confront a combination of bio-psychosocial factors that put them at
risk for cardiovascular disease. The challenge for health planners is to address these factors …

The perception of time shifts as patients enter hospice care. As a complex, socially
determined construct, time plays a significant role in end‐of‐life care. Drawing on Buddhist …

The Sámi in Finland have statutory rights that recognize their cultural needs in customer
service situations within social and health care. The aim of this study is to describe and …

This article explores the concept of 'world'as it frequently appears across health studies;
specifically largely humanistic and phenomenological variations in use of 'the world'and …