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Native american culture and health care
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This makes it more difficult to openly trust and learn about each other’s language, culture, and traditional beliefs. A book titled “The Spirit Catches you and You Fall Down” by Anne Fadiman, an American essayist and reporter, explains the story of a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of the two cultures. A section in this book explained some of the views Hmong individuals have about Western medicine. Fadiman explained that with the little contact Hmongs have with the Western medicine they were turned off by the constant questions, the procedures doctors used, the inability to identify the cause, and stated that “when the doctors failed to heal, it was their own fault” (Fadiman 33). This section of the book demonstrates that the Hmong did not understand the reasoning behind a doctors procedures, and did not trust them except for a last resort.
In 2013, American Indians aging 12 or older had the 2nd highest rate of current illicit drug use in the United States, compared to other groups. In the past, American Indian community leaders have proposed the utilization of indigenous healing methods. Some benefits of DARTNA are that; participating in traditional activities may enhance and renew their sense of personal and cultural identity, studies have shown a renewed pride in cultural heritage and feeling motivated to learn more about their cultural heritage. Some challenges in receiving traditional based treatments are; opportunities to receive traditional-based treatments within the clinical settings are often limited and it is hard to reimburse the clinics for these services. Drumming is widely used in Native American history.
In this sense I want to explore how cultural influence impacts the effects on biomedicine and it's effectiveness in treating people that have different ethnic backgrounds
Both of these man were Native American. These man partake in a religious ceremony of a Native American Church. During this religious ceremony the two men ingested a hallucinogen. These men were then fired from the private drug rehabilitation organization. These two men filed for unemployment but were denied.
Although often used interchangeably, disease and illness differ fundamentally in their meanings and implications. Disease is the commonly thought of concept in which a person suffers due to a physiological or psychological ailment, while illness refers to a culmination of physical, emotional and social suffering of a person. Disease is perceived as the phenomena that affects an organism, while illness affects not only the patient but also their loved ones and community. This distinction is vividly apparent in The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, in which Anne Fadiman relays the approaches to a Hmong child named Lia’s epilepsy by her family and her doctors as well as the tumultuous interaction between these caregivers. It is interesting to understand how Hmong culture and a doctor’s
While some of the cultural norms and expectations varied slightly amongst the members of the Sioux, Navajo, and Cherokee tribes, it seems as though the cultural communicative behaviors and/or many of the norms and expectations were overall exceedingly similar across these three tribes. Thus, we feel that while culture may vary slightly across tribes through their rituals and ceremonies, cultural values and identities were more related and applied throughout the general Native American heritage, rather than being tribe
Why was the 95 Theses important? Martin Luther was born in Eisleben, Germany in 1483. Martin spent his early years as a monk and a scholar. Martin Luther professor of moral theology at the university of Wittenberg.
1. Pick either of the videos posted in this unit…. either ‘Sick Around America,’ or ‘Sick Around the World,’. Write an explanatory summary (one strong paragraph) on what you have learned from watching the video and how it will help you in your profession? After watching ‘Sick Around America’ I was completely disgusted with our healthcare system.
In the book “When the Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down” the Hmong trusted the shaman and other community members to heal Lia of epilepsy before they trust western doctors Epilepsy is a common neurological treatment that involved a general doctor and psychiatrist. In the novel there was a cultural clash between that of Hmong beliefs and western medicine, so much that the Hmong (Lia’s family) believed the medicine Lia was consuming was harming her soul. If Lia's doctors had took to the time to better understand why her parents wanted to limit the medication she took, they could have supported her parents efforts to seek spiritual and medical treatment while assuring the Lee's the medicine would do no harm to Lia’s soul. This is a classic example of the lack of cultural competency in psychiatric medicine that has led to the distrust of its treatments around the globe. Physicians are often so caught up in their course of treatment they forget to consider the
Respect is a big part of our lives still. Although the presence of many of the virtuous Native American values is very meager today, this one still exists as a miniscule glimmer across our lives. One must have respect for others to first have respect for themselves. You make a choice of how people will see you: as a incorrigible person, or as a respectful person. People will usually treat you accordingly.
In a healthcare setting you will see different cultures that will come and go. It is very important to know how to deal with each culture so that you can help them while still making sure they are comfortable. Native Americans have many different characteristics because of the different tribes from all over the world. Healthcare providers should be familiar with them so they know how to distinguish them if needed. While knowing their characteristics they should also know how to interact with Native Americans as well since their culture is a lot different than ours, we want to make sure that we don’t disrespect them.
“American Indian elders have higher death rates for all other causes of death. These causes of death have implications for the health care providers and educators, as most are preventable to some degree and could be addressed by culturally congruent intervention programs.” (stanford) “Gloria Griffin, a tribal member who lost a child to drug abuse, echoed those sentiments in her comments to Tribal Council. Kicking someone off of tribal land for good is essentially a death sentence, she said — instead, tribal government should increase resources for rehabilitation” (smoky mountain news).
Cultural competency: Indians Culture competency is defined as one has the knowledge, the abilities and the skill to deliver care congruent with the patient’s cultural beliefs and practices (Purnell, 2013). As a nurse or a health care provider, increasing ones consciousness of culture diversity improves the possibilities for health care practitioners to provide competent care (Purnell, 2013). Nurses and all health care providers should be aware of other cultures to provide the best care that they can for that individual. Developing a relationship with diverse cultural groups involves good interpersonal skills and the application of knowledge and techniques learned from the physical, biological, and social sciences as well as the humanities (Purnell, 2013). I am choosing to select the Indian culture for my first assignment.
Without the knowledge of what culture is and does, we as a society would be lost. In the essay, “An Indian Father’s Plea” by Robert Lake, the author takes to explain to his audience that your culture can greatly impact your perspective of others. For example, when the teacher Wind-Wolf a slow learner, the father writes a letter explaining why wind-wolf is not, but in fact the opposite. The author said “If you ask him how many months there are in a year he will probably tell you 13. He will respond this way not because he does not know how to count, but because he was taught by our traditional people.”
Everyday food Abstract The article discusses the role of food as an instrument of identity and a channel of contact through cultures. This is discussed drawing from three cases of Italian food culture hybridization spanning from the early 20th century to the first decade of the 2000s: the role of Italian food in Italian-American identity as depicted in Leonardo Coviello’s work; the meeting of Southern and Northern food cultures following the Italian internal migrations in the ‘50s and ‘60s; the food practices of international migrants in the context of the global flows of people and commodities in present day Italy. In this regard, food plays an essential role in the rebuilding of a familiar context in which migrants can feel temporarily
