Culture of Laos

between Hmong and American cultures regarding medical professional problems for Hmong child 's name Lia with epilepsy. Hmong people have their own ways to treat by tvix neeb. They believe that people get sick due to ‘deb’, which means bad soul and the soul was flee. Starting with Lia’s birth, she was different than her other spelling. She was born in California state in Merced Community Medical Center (MCMC). Her mother used to give birth to the traditional method in Laos, where she delivered…

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down is a book that highlights the struggles between two cultures in healthcare. The lack of understanding and communication lead to a medical tragedy for Hmong child Lia Lee. The story starts with the Lee’s forced immigration to America and talks about Lia being born with epilepsy. As the story unfolds there are many challenges that both cultures face in attempt to provide the best care for Lia. The family has very strong religious and cultural beliefs…

into the clash of modern western medicine with the traditional methods and people of another culture, in this case the Hmong. The non-fiction book offers a skillfully written depiction of the plight of the Lee family, one of many Hmong refugees absorbed into the United States following their allied involvement in the “silent war”. A complex and detailed presentation of two disparate cultures without preference for one over the other, Fadiman reveals the Lee family’s story with the…

of different cultures that holds; for instance, aspects like food, religion, language, music or sports can provide important clues about how a country is. When you think of two different countries in these terms, China and Venezuela might come to mind. These kinds of differences could be easier to understand by contrasting these two significantly distant countries, which cultures can show many differences, but they can also find similarities. Also, Western culture and Eastern culture can be…

in the Hmong culture. It is about the life of a Hmong family who moved to Appleton Wisconsin from Laos and how they are adapting to this new place. The journey of a Shaman 's family is explored and it is expressed that they have their own set of traditions in their culture but when this family moved to America it was learned that it is difficult to carry out traditions. Illnesses are looked at from different viewpoints across different cultures and depending on an individual 's culture,…

Merced, California. The story follows Lia’s family, the Lees, as they navigate the American culture and system while maintaining strong ties with their traditions, practices, and rituals. The author, Anne Fadiman, uses the battle between the doctors of Merced and Lia’s parents as a way of emphasizing that doctors, and people in general, need to be more sensitive to the various aspects of different cultures and that not doing so can result in cultural misunderstandings and conflicts. With that…

many advantages to being bicultural such as having a greater number of social networks, being aware of cultural differences, and taking part in the life of two or more cultures, being an intermediary between cultures and so on.” Grosjean is correct because having two cultures in life broadens a person's understanding for other cultures and traditions. In addition, it is also very beneficial when it comes to working and communicating with others in places like school, work, and everyday life.…

New England vs. the Chesapeake Region (DBQ) Settlers arrived to the Chesapeake region only to be greeted by unhealthy lands full of despair and labor. New Englanders, on the other hand, were welcomed by fresh air and clean water. As the years passed, the state of these two lands stabilized a bit with each other, but the people’s way of living in these regions did not. New England and the Chesapeake region developed differently because of the types of people who came to each of these places,…

If I am in a situation that I know only God can see me through it, then I lend to Gospel. Most of the time when I am listening to music it is Gospel that I choose to listen to. However, when I am feeling depressed or upset about something I just turn on the radio and listen to whatever is being played or I might pop in a CD of my favorite artist. Music speaks to my emotions. After, listening to it from being depress or upset it soothes and relaxes me. The music that makes me happy is Gospel.…

As technology advances, people are now able to instantly communicate with people around the world in seconds. Our communities, that were once culturally isolated or being very homogeneous in character, are now becoming more culturally and ethnically diverse. While this change can be beneficial for a society, it can also present a wide variety of challenges that can impede communication and understanding. For nurses, it is especially important that they have cultural competence. Cultural…