Syilx health and well-being in palliative care
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Alexis, Carmella
issued: 2020-02-14T16:36:54Z
issued: 2018
related degree: Master of Arts - MA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: This thesis examines stories shared by Syilx community members in accessing primary healthcare and palliative care within rural and remote hospital systems in the North Okanagan. This thesis reviews the literature on Aboriginal palliative care delivery in addition to analyzing individual interviews with Syilx community members and review of traditional Syilx story. The purpose of examining these stories is to identify gaps within current systems of care that Aboriginal peoples navigate.This research discovered that Aboriginal palliative care models in British Columbia are limited for the diverse Aboriginal communities. This research also notes that Syilx communities want to engage healthcare providers in meaningful conversations to help advance understanding of traditions and cultural practices that facilitate health and wellness for Syilx communities.
aggregated CHO: https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/73526
note: i SYILX HEALTH AND WELL-BEING IN PALLIATIVE CARE by Carmella Alexis B.Sc., University of British Columbia, 2007 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS in THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Interdisciplinary Studies) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) April 2018 © Carmella Alexis, 2018 ii Abstract This thesis examines stories shared by Syilx community members in accessing primary healthcare and palliative care within rural and remote hospital systems in the North Okanagan. This thesis reviews the literature on Aboriginal palliative care delivery in addition to analyzing individual interviews with Syilx community members and review of traditional Syilx story. The purpose of examining these stories is to identify gaps within current systems of care that Aboriginal peoples navigate.This research discovered that Aboriginal palliative care models in British Columbia are limited for the diverse Aboriginal communities. This research also notes that Syilx communities want to engage healthcare providers in meaningful conversations to help advance understanding of traditions and cultural practices that facilitate health and wellness for Syilx communities. iii Lay Summary This research examines narratives shared by Syilx community members in accessing primary healthcare and palliative care within rural and remote hospital systems in the North Okanagan. The purpose of this work is to give voice to Aboriginal patient and family experiences. Palliative care is limited in terms of Aboriginal involvement; this research initiated conversations on what health and wellness means within Okanagan communities. iv Preface In this dissertation I have not used the standard font for APA style and have used Aboriginal Serif. Aboriginal Serif was used to accommodate the use of Nsyilxcən language in the document. As a graduate student researcher on the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) funded grant titled ‘Establishing …
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2020-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0388626
language: eng
degree discipline: Interdisciplinary Studies
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/73526