Best practices: Does it mean the same thing in the Aboriginal community as it does in the health authorities when it comes to diabetes care?

For this study I wanted to know if individuals who worked in health authorities and the Aboriginal community had differing views of the concept of "best practices" in terms of diabetes care and what processes were used to determine this definition.My findings suggest that best practices are perceived as being rooted primarily in western science. All respondents viewed their work from this perspective based on their education and work experience. But best practices also have an Aboriginal cultural perspective that may be overlooked by those in the mainstream health care system resulting in significant policy implications at the local, provincial and national health care levels.This paper uses a descriptive qualitative study design using Ethnomethodology as the research method. Semi-structured interview questions followed by a total of three scenarios were given to six respondents. Conversational analysis of the interviews was used to obtain data for the results.