title: Gaining access to Native American cultures by non-Native American nursing researchers.
abstract: The authors sought to identify the problems non-Native American nurse researchers might have in gaining access to Native American cultures. The authors' method was nursing ethnography; several different tribes were observed. Findings revealed five significant categories of barriers to health care: understanding of cultural differences, language barriers, differences in interpersonal communication, historical antipathy/fear of exploitation by Native Americans, and distrust of researcher motivation. The authors make several recommendations for researchers to prepare extensively if they plan to work with Native Americans.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: de Mange
mesh_terms: D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D009516:New Mexico; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research / Q000379:methods*; D016746:Transcultural Nursing