Culturally Safe Cancer Care for Indigenous People: Nursing Practice Beyond the Rhetoric

Gifford, Wendy; Larocque, Catherine; Dick, Peggy

doi:10.1188/22.cjon.443-448

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“…For example, contextualizing Indigenous health outcomes in terms of improving quantitative metrics or cost savings perpetuates the colonial emphasis on a market economy and efficiency; in other words, it still conceptualizes Indigenous Peoples as a problem that needs fixing . While hospitals are beginning to incorporate Indigenous cultural practices at a systems level, cultural safety demands transforming the physical structures, values, beliefs, and discourses that have prevailed in healthcare since colonization (Gifford et al, 2022). Simply recognizing Indigenous People as a diverse group within a settler healthcare system furthers colonialism by reinforcing the idea of the white saviour , or what Tuck and Yang (2012) describe as settler moves to innocence .…”

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What culturally safe cancer care means to Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation

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AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples

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Understanding what culturally safe care means to First Nations people is the first step to reimagining how healthcare can be conceived and operationalized. This study explored the meaning of culturally safe cancer care with Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation in Canada, including community members’ perceptions of barriers to receiving it. Two focus groups using journey mapping were held with cancer survivors and family members ( n = 16) and healthcare providers ( n = 12), followed by individual interviews ( n = 13). Discussions were video-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and thematically analysed. Culturally safe cancer care encompassed: (a) family and community, (b) culture as healing, and (c) stories for sharing cultural teachings. Ongoing systemic racism was described as prevalent in cancer care today and a significant barrier to culturally safe care. Further research is needed for health system change to dismantle the systemic and structural factors that continue to make healthcare unsafe and harm Indigenous People.

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