Question

A 55-year-old Cree man with a history of poorly controlled diabetes and peripheral vascular disease presents with a plantar foot ulcer. He has struggled to attend previous appointments due to residential school trauma and mistrust of health services. Which approach best aligns with culturally safe, team-based chronic disease management?

Accepted Answer

Partner with Indigenous health navigators and community nurses to coordinate foot care, diabetes management and culturally safe follow-up close to his home

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Focus only on wound debridement and ignore his concerns about past trauma

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Insist he attend a specialised urban clinic regardless of his preferences

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Document "non-compliance" and discharge him from the clinic

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Avoid discussing his cultural background to "treat everyone the same"

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