Episode 21: The role of healthcare within Native American cultures

This week, Tim invites Benjamin Huerth, MD, family medicine provider at the Penobscot Nation's Indian Island Health Center and Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, PhD, who practices both family medicine and psychiatry and is a nationally-recognized expert on narrative medicine to share more about their passion for helping Wabanaki communities in Maine, the importance of providing medically just healthcare, and the role of healthcare in Native American culture. They also share information about Makwi, a unique collaborative between Maine’s Native American communities and Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center to provide critical medical treatment. In addition, Tim asks Drs. Huerth and Mehl-Madrona how Northern Light Health can better support and be of service to Maine’s Native American communities.