title: Riting" cultural safety within the postcolonial and postnational feminist project: toward new epistemologies of healing.
abstract: The concept of cultural safety, developed by indigenous nurses in the postcolonial climate of New Zealand, has not been widely examined in North America. In this article we explicate the theoretical and methodological issues that came to the forefront in our attempts to use this concept in our research with different populations in Canada. We argue that this concept prompts us to "think critically" about ourselves and our patients, and to be mindful of our own sociocultural, economic, and historical location. This critical reflection has implications for how we live, relate to one another, and practice in our various professional disciplines. On the basis of our findings, we discuss how the concept might be rewritten within a critical postcolonial and postnational feminist discourse.
authors.affiliation: Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. anderson@nursing.ubc.ca
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: JoAnn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: Connie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blue
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Browne
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: Koushambhi Basu
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Sheryl
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reimer Kirkham
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lynam
authors.forename: Pat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Semeniuk
authors.forename: Vicki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Smye
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D018595:Colonialism; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D019513:Feminism; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015399:Nursing Research; D012449:Safety