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Caring for Native Americans. AMA Journal of Ethics 2020, 22(10): E831-905.

  • Cordova-Marks F, Fennimore N, Bruegl A, Erdrich J.  What Should Physicians Consider About American Indian/Alaska Native Women’s Reproductive Freedom? AMA Journal of Ethics 2020, 22(10): E845-850.   For patients historically stripped of control over their reproductive health, consideration of past violations and transparent discussion are key.
  • Esposito ML, Kahn-John M. How Should Allopathic Physicians Respond to Native American Patients Hesitant About Allopathic Medicine? AMA Journal of Ethics 2020, 22(10): E837-844.  Most clinicians receive little training in integrating Native healing into allopathic practice, which undermines patients’ autonomy and cultural values.
  • Gampa V, Barnard K, Oldani MJ. Racialization as a Barrier to Achieving Health Equity for Native Americans. AMA Journal of Ethics 2020, 22(10): E874-881.  “Race” is a product of European-American views of phenotypic and cultural differences and continues to influence Native health decision making.
  • Kao AC. Health of the First Americans. AMA Journal of Ethics 2020, 22(10): E833-836.  Over 100 million people in the pre-Columbian Americas were Indigenous. In the 2010 US Census, 5.2 million people in the US identified as Indigenous. By this and other accounts, American Indians' and Alaska Natives' well-being has been imperiled for over 500 years.
  • Lucero JE, Roubideaux Y. Holding Space for All of Us. AMA Journal of Ethics 2020, 22(10): E882-887.  Concepts of “governance,” “trust,” and “culture” can help strengthen research partnerships, honor tribal sovereign authority, counter histories of opportunism, and recognize alternative ways of knowing.

Bond CJ, Singh D, Tyson S. Black Bodies and Bioethics: Debunking Mythologies of Benevolence and Beneficence in Contemporary Indigenous Health Research in Colonial Australia.  Journal of Bioethical Inquiry January 14, 2021.

Carrese J, Rhodes LA. Western Bioethics on the Navajo Reservation: Benefit or Harm? JAMA 1995, 274(10): 826-829.  

Fowler MD. Religion, Bioethics and Nursing Practice. Nursing Ethics 2009, 16(4): 393-405.

Kotalik J. Aboriginal Health Care and Bioethics: A Reflection on the Teaching of the Seven Grandfathers. The American Journal of Bioethics 2016, 16(5): 38-43; summarized in The Case for an Indigenous Bioethics Global Bioethics Blog, June 25, 2017.

Matthews R. Health Ethics and Indigenous Ethnocide. Bioethics 2019, 33(7): 827-834.

McNally M, Martin D. First Nations, Inuit and Métis Health: Considerations for Canadian Health Leaders in the Wake of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Report. Healthcare Management Forum 2017, 30(2): 117-122.

McPherson DH, Rabb JD.  Further Reflections on the Seven Grandfathers: Bringing Native American Values to Bioethics. American Journal of Bioethics 2016, 16(5): 46-7.

Nortje N, Jones-Bonofiglio K, Sotomayor C. Exploring Values Among Three Cultures from a Global Bioethics Perspective. Global Bioethics 2021, 32(1): 1-14.