ArticleJournal of pain and symptom management2022
"Calling the Spirit Back:" Spiritual Needs Among Great Plains American Indians.
Article in Journal of pain and symptom management, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- "Are They Just Experimenting With All of Us?" Cultural Considerations for Clinicians Caring for Seriously Ill Great Plains American Indians.The American journal of hospice & palliative care · 2026Article
- Improving Palliative Care Knowledge and Intentions Among Great Plains American Indians: Efficacy Results From a Randomized Clinical Trial Testing a Culture-Centric Palliative Care Message.The American journal of hospice & palliative care · 2025Article
- Results of a Culturally Tailored Advance Care Planning Intervention for American Indian Peoples: A Quasi-Experimental Waitlist-Controlled Trial.Innovation in aging · 2025Article
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- "You do what you have to do, and you don't ask for help": American Indian Reservation Community Talking Circles about Barriers to Palliative Care.Qualitative research reports in communication · 2024Article
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- "You Can't Record That!" Engaging American Indian Traditional Healers in Qualitative Research.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2023Article
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Abstract
contextAmerican Indians (AIs) are disproportionately affected by serious illness such as cancer. Colonization, cultural genocide, and trauma have adversely affected AIs' ability to attain health and well-being, and in many cases led to the loss of the right to practice traditional ceremonies and rituals. Still many AIs describe well-being as being rooted in spirituality.
objectivesThe purpose of this project was to learn about the perspectives of AI cancer survivors, caregivers, and Tribal leaders and healers specific to spirituality while on the cancer journey.
methodsQualitative interviews and Indigenous talking circle methodologies were used to explore AIs cancer survivors, caregivers, and Tribal leaders and healers' perspectives on spirituality while on the cancer journey. A data analysis team consisting of AI and non-AI members analyzed the narrative data.
resultsQualitative analysis of interviews and talking circles revealed 4 major themes related to spirituality: the chasm of colonialism, coexistence of Traditional and Christian religions, calling the Spirit back, and prayer as sacred energy.
conclusionIt is critical that clinicians caring for AIs with serious illness seek to understand their patients' spiritual beliefs about disease treatment and death and work with them and their families to support quality of life throughout their illness journey. In addition, clinicians must recognize the systemic racism inherent in our healthcare systems, and dismantle cultural clashes and bias for all patients, particularly AIs, who have long suffered from poorer health outcomes.
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