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A Partnership Of A Catholic Faith-Based Health System, Nursing And Traditional American Indian Medicine Practitioners, Ann Hubbert
A Partnership Of A Catholic Faith-Based Health System, Nursing And Traditional American Indian Medicine Practitioners, Ann Hubbert
Ann Hubbert
The paper presents a historically unique partnership between an American Southwestern, Catholic faith-based, urban hospital and a program it sponsored on the spirituality of American Indian Traditional Indian Medicine (TIM) by a Comanche medicine man. A discussion is offered on the cultural partnerships, experiences and benefits achieved through the cultural accommodations of these spiritual beliefs and practices within this healthcare system. The theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality (Culture Care Theory), including the Sunrise Enabler, is applied in discussion of these past experiences to explore the relationships among and between the participating cultures. The intent of the partnerships within …