Do publicly funded health care programs overrule cultural differences for the sake of providing a standard level of care? Defend your answer.
Resource: Ch. 3 to 4 of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down.
Fadiman, Anne. (1998). The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures. New York, NY: Noonday Press.
Due Thursday (23 pts)
Write a 175- to 265-word response to the following:
- Do publicly funded health care programs overrule cultural differences for the sake of providing a standard level of care? Defend your answer.
- Within these health care programs, do cultural differences and language barriers such as the ones experienced by the Lee family have an impact on health care compliance?