Q. How do I find information on native american health practices, beliefs for nursing class?

Search terms: end of life, palliative care, brain death criteria, advanced directives, + american indians, native americans, multicultural communication

Where to search: 

Library Databases (from Databases A-Z list) 

• All EBSCO
• All ProQuest
• Ebrary
• ​Credo

Credo entry under “Native American Healing”

Appendix O: Native American medicine. (2005). In W. Jonas (Ed.), Mosby's dictionary of complementary and alternative medicine. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Health Sciences. Retrieved from http://nnu.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/mosbycompmed/appendix_o_native_american_medicine/0

Other Information Sources

• Google Scholar (scholar.google.com)
• National Library of Medicine
• NIH website for American Indian Health
• Resources explaining traditional healing practices​

http://americanindianhealth.nlm.nih.gov/trad-healing.html

• A look at end of life care issues for Native Americans (National Cancer Institute, U.S. Government)

 http://www.cancer.gov/news-events/media-resources/multicultural/lifelines/2011/palliative-care-ai.pdf

• PowerPoint Curriculum explaining how to use the wheel of life for end of life decisions when working with Native Americans

http://natamcancer.org/handouts/nacr_eol_obj_1-5_hnd_05-13-04.pdf

• Scholarly article on end of life issues with American Indians:

Hampton, J. W. (2005). End-of-life issues for American Indians: A commentary. Journal of Cancer Education, 20(S1), 37-40.
http://lcomer.pbworks.com/f/End-of-life+Issues+for+Amercian+Indians.pdf

• St Luke’s Cultural and Spiritual Dictionary for Chaplains.

https://drive.google.com/a/nnu.edu/file/d/0BwLpPexdkzc1VzMxQ3BaQ3ZkaGdaQmhYUWVKeXN2MWhzbmVR/edit?usp=sharing

• DeCourtney, C. A., Jones, K., Merriman, M. P., Heavener, N., & Branch, P. K. (2003). Establishing a culturally sensitive palliative care program in rural Alaska Native American communities. Journal of palliative medicine, 6(3), 501-510. Retrieved from http://dhss.alaska.gov/ahcc/Documents/Journal-palliative%20Med%20AK%20Native%20Pgm%202003.pdf
• Garrett, J. W. (1994). The Path of Good Medicine: Understanding and Counseling Native American Indians. Journal Of Multicultural Counseling & Development, 22(3), 134-144 .Retrieved from https://nnu.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pbh&AN=9502164887&site=ehost-live&scope=site