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Gaining Access to Native American Cultures by Non‐Native American Nursing Researchers
Author(s) -
Cook Linda S.,
Mange Betty Petit
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
nursing forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.618
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1744-6198
pISSN - 0029-6473
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6198.1995.tb01277.x
Subject(s) - native american , distrust , antipathy , ethnography , interpersonal communication , native american studies , psychology , nursing , sociology , medicine , political science , social psychology , ethnology , gender studies , anthropology , politics , law , psychotherapist
The authors sought to identify the problems non‐Native American nurse researchers might have in gaining access to Native American cultures. The authors' method was nursing ethnography; several different tribes were observed. Findings revealed five significant categories of barriers to health care: understanding of cultural differences, language barriers, differences in interpersonal communication, historical antipathy I fear of exploitation by Native Americans, and distrust of researcher motivation. The authors make several recommendations for researchers to prepare extensively if they plan to work with Native Americans.