This qualitative study of eight First Nation participants and five First Nation Elders is to
help understand how First Nation people view spirituality and how it is practiced when
one has a terminal illness. Spirituality is often so abstract and practiced in various ways
that it requires clarity and understanding from the people around them. Health care
professionals could improve health care by understanding some of the spiritual aspects
practiced when people are within their health care system. The First Nation people's
perspectives aim to banish some of the mystery or unawareness that looms around
spirituality in order to improve health services. Social workers have little or no
information about First Nation beliefs and practices around spirituality when they have a
terminal illness. The study is to help health care professionals and people with a
terminal illness understand spiritual practices through specific beliefs and examples of
how spirituality is practiced.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:BVAU.2429/8188 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Mussell-Oppenheim, Joanne Lisa |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Relation | UBC Retrospective Theses Digitization Project [http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/retro_theses/] |
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