FADIMAN PAPER

Assignment #2 Spirit paper

Fadiman Questions –50 points total maximum of 1500 words. Be prepared to discuss all of the questions in class. Use examples from the book to demonstrate an understanding of the concepts.

• Discuss the Hmong culture
  1. How does the Hmong background affect their health care communications?
  2. Historical background
  3. Strength and value of their community
  4. Leave ‘unpleasant situations’
• Status in health care – what are triggers for status in the Hmong community?
  1. physician-patient relationships
  2. Name some keys to status in health care
• Are quality and caring mutually exclusive? –
  1. Does taking time to understand fit as caring or quality?
  2. Discuss patient and family understanding vs HC worker understanding
  3. How does that affect the health communication of the Hmong?
• Medical education-
  1. Residents reaction to Lia
  2. How were this example and experience used in medical education?
  3. How did that affect their health communication?

• Cultural adaptation –are there any in the book?
  1. Name some of the social groups in the book.
  2. How are groups identified?
  3. Who changes groups – how do they change groups?
  4. What happens when someone changes groups?
  5. How could that affect health communication?

• Shared experience – bonding and understanding- how did shared experience effect these relationships
  1. Foster PARENTS
  2. Social workers

• Cultural brokers

1. Married doctors and Lia’s parents

1. How does that affect their health communication?