Healing by heart : clinical and ethical case stories of Hmong families and Western providers / edited by Kathleen A. Culhane-Pera, Dorothy E. Vawter, Phua Xiong, Barbara Babbitt, and Mary M. Solberg.

Date:
2003
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About this work

Publication/Creation

Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2003.

Physical description

xiii, 368 pages : black and white illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm

Edition

First Edition.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-356) and index.

Contents

Hmong culture : tradition and change / Kathleen A. Culhane-Pera, Phua Xiong -- Hmong preferences for natural family planning / Marline A. Spring, Mayly Lyfoung Lochungvu -- Social, cultural, and ethical aspects of controlling fertility in the Hmong community / Peter Kunstadter -- Cultural complexity of obstetrical care / Helen B. Bruce, Chue Xiong -- Conflicting cultural practices in deciding about a cesarean-section / Carol A. Tauer -- Culturally responsive care for a Hmong woman with vaginal bleeding / Deu Yang, Deborah Mielke -- Influence of conversion to Christianity on a Hmong woman's decision about hysterectomy : a pastor's perspective / Lu Vang with Phua Xiong -- Hmong health beliefs and practices concerning childhood fevers / Kathleen A. Culhane-Pera, Va Thao -- State-ordered medical care for our son : parents' perspective / Parents (Anonymous) -- Family-centered cultural collaboration in pediatric care / Donald Brunnquell and Stephen Kurachek -- Iron-deficiency anemia in bottle-fed toddlers / Cher Vang, Christopher L. Moertel -- Culturally informed public health response to pediatric anemia in the Hmong community / Elanah Dalyah Naftali, Mao Heu Thao -- Defining best interest for a Hmong infant : a physician's challenge / Gregory A. Plotnikoff -- "Why do they want to hurt my child?" : the mother's perspective / Phua Xiong -- Type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Hmong community / Kevin A. Peterson, May Lee Vang, Yer Moua Xiong -- "I tell you this story of healing" : a Shaman's perspective / Yer Moua Xiong, Nkaj Zeb Yaj -- Endstage / Mai Neng Moua -- Painful cultural differences in a Hmong family : the mother's perspective / Phua Xiong -- Social and spiritual explanations of depression and nightmares / Bruce T. Bliatout -- Depression and posttraumatic stress disorder : prevailing causes and therapeutic strategies with Hmong clients / Vang Leng Mouanoutoua -- Traditional Hmong concepts of wife beating / Mymee Her, Chue Pao Heu -- Changing gender roles and domestic violence in the Hmong community : a feminist perspective / Pacyinz Lyfoung -- Cultural interpretations of psychosis / Joseph Westermeyer -- Integrating Hmong and western approaches to spiritual illnesses / Thomas Vang -- Cultural complications in end-of-life care for a Hmong woman with gallbladder cancer / Kathleen A. Culhane-Pera -- Husband's plea for provider honesty / Phua Xiong -- Strategies for health care providers and institutions to deliver culturally competent care / Elizabeth C. Walker Anderson, Patricia F. Walker -- Accommodation of cultural differences in end-of-life care / Kevin G. Gervais -- Providing a spiritually appropriate place for my mother's care and death / Mrs. Chang's daughter (Anonymous) -- "Please help me": a physician responds to a Hmong woman's end-of-life struggles / Kathleen A. Culhane-Pera -- Recommendations for health care practitioners, recommendations for health care administrators and educators, recommendations for public policy makers / Dorothy E. Vawter, Kathleen A. Culhane-Pera, Barbara Babbitt, Phua Xiong, Mary M. Solberg.

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    History of Medicine
    ZEQ.S.6
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ISBN

  • 0826514308
  • 9780826514301