ArticleInternational journal of circumpolar health2019
Improving access to Indigenous medicine for patients in hospital-based settings: a challenge for health systems in northern Canada.
Article in International journal of circumpolar health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Indigenous rights, health and traditional medicine systems.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2025Article
- Incorporating First Nations, Inuit and Métis Traditional Healing Spaces within a Hospital Context: A Place-Based Study of Three Unique Spaces within Canada's Oldest and Largest Mental Health Hospital.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Understanding virtual primary healthcare with Indigenous populations: a rapid evidence review.BMC health services research · 2023Review
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- Building partnerships for linking biomedical science with traditional knowledge of customary medicines: a case study with two Australian Indigenous communities.Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
In this commentary, we argue that Indigenous patients in the Northwest Territories (NWT) have a right to access traditional medicine and related practitioners as a part of the continuum of medical care. Indigenous people make up over half of the NWT population, spread over vast geographic areas with representation from First Nations, Inuit and Métis (FNIM) people. Ensuring barrier-free access to traditional medicine and providers in a culturally respectful environment is a challenge that requires structural transformation in the territorial health system. The ongoing transmission of knowledge about Indigenous traditional medicine in Northern Canada and the collective survival of Northern peoples is a testament to the applicability of traditional medicines in a self-determined wellness system. Through a discussion of the barriers to policy development and implementation, this commentary aims to elevate Indigenous perspectives and offer recommendations for integrating traditional medicines into Northern health systems.
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