Crystal, First Nations
Crystal Hardy is Anishnaabe from Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek in which is Rocky Bay First Nation in Northern Ontario. She is a nurse practitioner, a community advocate and a PhD candidate at Queen's University looking at decolonising healthcare practices.
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Click Here- Let the patient take the lead (0:48)
- Building trust is key to creating solid relationships (0:46)
- Asking questions and listening to answers (1:22)
- Why someone might not self-identify as Indigenous (2:28)
- Understanding the needs of the urban Indigenous population (2:48)
- Opening up a difficult conversation about death (1:53)
- End of life planning as celebrating a legacy (2:16)
- Feeling a range of emotions can be healing (0:54)
- Giving people time to consider options and make decisions (2:32)
- Questioning our assumptions about traditions or religious practice (0:57)
- Trauma informed care recognizes past experince can impact current reactions (4:12)
- Trustful and respectful communication is key (1:37)
- Talking about death, dying and palliative care (3:22)
- Decolonizing healthcare: Questioning currrent policy (1:27)
- Making space for different ways of knowing and being (2:24)
- We have to be aware of our own biases and judgements (1:42)
- What does "patient centred care" really mean? (1:09)
- There is always a power differential in healthcare (2:47)
- We are all related (1:03)
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