Struthers Roxanne
School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
Health Care Women Int. 2003 Apr;24(4):340-54. doi: 10.1080/07399330390191706.
In a phenomenological research study with a purposeful sample, 6 Ojibwa and Cree indigenous women healers from Canada and the United States shared their experience of being a traditional healer. Using stories obtained during open-ended, unstructured interviews, in this article I depict the lives, backgrounds, and traditional healing practices of women who, in the past, have not been afforded an opportunity to dialogue about their healing art and abilities. The methods of these women healers, their arts and their gifts, are different from those of Western conventional medicine because of dissimilar world views related to health and illness. An increased awareness of health care providers related to the ancient art of traditional healing currently practiced in communities by gifted women who provide culturally specific holistic healing and health care is essential.
在一项针对有目的样本的现象学研究中，来自加拿大和美国的6位奥吉布瓦族和克里族本土女性治疗师分享了她们作为传统治疗师的经历。通过在开放式、非结构化访谈中获得的故事，在本文中，我描绘了那些过去没有机会谈论她们的治疗艺术和能力的女性的生活、背景和传统治疗方法。这些女性治疗师的方法、技艺和天赋与西方传统医学不同，因为她们对健康和疾病有着不同的世界观。提高医疗服务提供者对目前在社区中由有天赋的女性所实践的传统治疗古老艺术的认识至关重要，这些女性提供具有文化特异性的整体治疗和医疗保健。
