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Engaging The Liminal: Indigenous Perceptions Within The Healthcare System, Karen J. Lottis
Engaging The Liminal: Indigenous Perceptions Within The Healthcare System, Karen J. Lottis
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It is well documented that there is decreased access and utilization of healthcare services by minority populations. The purpose of this study was to explore experiences with, and views of, the healthcare system among remotely situated First Nations people of coastal British Columbia (BC), to shed light on elements considered crucial to healthcare delivery. The study was conducted as a critical ethnography with an underlying framework of phenomenology and critical social theory. Multiple sources of data collection included private interviews, community observations, conversations, celebratory gatherings, participant-observer field notes, and the art and music of the people involved. Multiphase data management …