Full Title
Bridging Worldviews: Integrating Indigenous Medicine in a Clinical Practice
A Multicultural, Multifocal Perspective
A Multicultural, Multifocal Perspective
Alternative Title
Bridging Worldviews: Integrating Indigenous Medicine in a Clinical Practice
Publisher
Fourth World Journal
Copyright Date
2026
Abstract
Within the context of the World Health Organization’s new Global Strategy on Traditional Medicine
(2025–2034), this article employs Indigenous Research Methodologies to examine the integration of
Indigenous medicine into contemporary clinical practice. Drawing on personal reflexive ethnography,
the author proposes moving beyond a dualistic framework and the notion of “second sight” toward
a multifocal perspective that weaves together narrative, Indigenous teachings, and scientific
discourse. This approach emerges from a mixed Indigenous and multicultural identity that articulates
Indigenous medical practices, integrative medicine, and Western biomedical science. The analysis
includes a critical review of traditional, integrative, and complementary medicine, biomedicine,
gender disparities in healthcare, and the historical role of women, with particular emphasis on Sámi
traditional medicine. Finally, the article discusses clinical experiences that engage with the four
objectives of the WHO strategy: evidence, safety and efficacy, integration into health systems, and
community empowerment.
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