| "We do have part of our community that's at the far end and they are very untrusting. The grandfather got a flu shot and the next day he died. So they really thought that it was the flu shot that killed him. And I think to this day it's really hard to break that barrier." (Interview 5) |
| "And I'm fine with people using native medicine; they need to be careful about interactions because there are some very powerful roots and herbs." (Interview 13) |
| "I think from a mental health perspective, the sweats that they do and the sage smoking are very therapeutic. ... It is a negotiation with those patients to come to some sort of common ground to say, I'm okay with you using your traditional medicine but I think it's in your best health interest to also consider using Western medicine ... to optimize the treatment for that condition." (Interview 15) |
| "It's understanding the very different attitude just towards parenting, towards social intervention, the concept of noninterference, which is totally at odds with our jobs. ... Western medicine is based on a concept of direct interference and the First Nations approach is noninterference, and it applies to parenting and it applies to health care and applies to justice." (Interview 16) |