Abstract
In this article, the writer notes that historically the Asian-American population has experienced significant conflict with the health care system because of differences in culture, language and ideas on the delivery of health care. The writer points out that this conflict is evident using Leininger's trans-cultural model for nursing. The writer maintains that the research indicates that the Asian-American population has experienced a difficult existence in relation to health care. This existence has been complicated by barriers in language, understanding of the health care delivery system, communication and through the lack of cultural training that exists in the health care community. The writer concludes that in order to change the current dilemma it is evident that education of the health care community, as well as within the Asian community must commence. When this occurs then nurses will be able to provide quality care to this culture and ensure that the health concerns of this population are addressed.


Outline:
Introduction
Asian Cultural Group
Nutrition
Health Beliefs
Specific Health Concerns
Management of Health Care
Chinese Traditional Medicine
Conflict Between Asian Culture and U.S. Health Care
Cultural Assessment Theory: Leininger
Conclusion

From the Paper
"In relation to health, most Asian Americans use Western medical practices. However, many of these individuals also rely on Chinese Traditional Medicine as a corresponding health maintenance regime. For those Asian Americans that do practice Chinese Traditional Medicine as part of their health maintenance, the nutritional guidelines that they follow are based on a medical prescription for good health, allowing the flow of Qi to cease being restricted. Yet, those Asian Americans that do not practice Chinese Medicine have diets that severely affect their health. This is especially true within the lives of poor Asian Americans in large urban areas."

Tags:immigration, Chinese, medical, practices, medicines

Abstract
This paper is a thorough discussion of the history of Asian American healthcare in the United States with respect to cultural diversity. The paper is broken down into discussions on healthcare, cultural diversity, traditional medicine and Western medical practice. This paper also focuses on ways in which the disparity in Asian American healthcare delivery can be resolved.

From the Paper
"According to Dennis and Small (2003), today's challenge to the modern nurse is to become culturally informative and sensitive about diverse cultures as well to incorporate other medical care dimensions in consumer healthcare delivery system. Not only does the presence of cultural diversity lead to a better understanding of acceptable healthcare practices but increases the competence of the nurse practitioner, nurse administrator, and research nurse by providing them with alternative methods to optimal patient care. Further, all nursing education centers, clinics, and hospitals must establish the needed relevancy of diversity training. With the increased number of racially and ethically diverse patients visiting medical facilities all medical educators are urged to increase the sensitivity of all medical practitioners to all patients representing diverse cultures."

Tags:asianamerican, healthcare, diversity

Abstract
In this article, the writer looks at the Asian American community and discusses cultural concerns. The writer maintains that there are vast communities of Asian Americans that exist in urban areas and that represent over 800 individual cultures. The writer discusses that each of these cultures has their own languages, religious beliefs and ideas about the American health care system.

From the Paper
"The Asian American population has been traditionally viewed as a population that has no dominant cultural concerns in society, especially in relation to health care. This may be because of the large portion of the population that is highly educated and prosperous. However, there are ..."

Tags:nursing, culture

From the Paper
"Abstract (Asian Health)

There are several issues relative to cultural relativism that health-care professionals must be aware of in treating the Asian-American client. While this awareness must for the most part precede the treatment of such a client, health-care professionals can continue to meet clinical standards while being culturally sensitive to their Asian-American clients.

Role of Culture in Health Care
Luckmann and Sorensen (1986) report that the cultural mores, norms, values and beliefs, in addition to those that are societally oriented, play significant roles not only in the manner in which individuals perceive of health in general and their health status in specific, but as well in the ways in which they respond to treatment by health-care professionals. They ..."

Abstract
In this article, the writer looks at the issue of community health in the city of Lacey, Washington. The writer explains that Lacey is located in Thurston County and has an approximate population of just over 31,000 people. The writer notes that the average income within the city is $43,000 and there is a diverse population comprised of primarily white, Black, American-Indian and Asian individuals. The writer points out that hospitals within the area have been tasked with providing care for this population and in recent years the issue of charity care has been increasing in Lacey and the surrounding communities. The writer maintains that this has become a local issue because of the cost of care that is absorbed by the hospitals, the care that is received in emergency rooms that should be provided for in community health centers, and the inability of impoverished people to receive the full scope of care that is needed to address their health care concerns.

From the Paper
"Although there are other community health clinics in the surrounding areas, the residents of Lacey have this alternative to emergency room care as their sole choice in regular health care, other than the hospital systems that exist in the county.
"The program creation with funding from Senator Murray's financial allotment will ultimately only serve the community by providing coordination of health care services between the hospitals and those in need of medical treatment. This program will not ensure, however, that low income and impoverished people will be capable of having consistent health care throughout the community. Given the fact that under RCW 70.170.060 there is a requirement for alternative community health care to be developed, the minimal existence of this community health care adversely impacts the population. This is evident in the extensive costs associated with charity care that continue to rise in the county and the continued reliance of the impoverished population on emergency room care in the county."

Tags:hospitals, emergency, facilities

Abstract
This paper discusses the complex character of Jing-Mei Woo in Amy Tan's novel "The Joy Luck Club". It describes her experiences as a second-generation Asian-American and how she is caught between the Asian world and the Western world. The paper argues that Jing-Mei's difficulties are common to many Asian-Americans and Asian-American immigrants.

From the Paper
"Note that in both of these examples, there is no talk of assimilation. Rather, the goal is to retain an Asian identity, while at the same time adopting aspects of the American culture that are seen as desirable, and as congruent with an Asian identity. This seems to be a goal for many Asian-American immigrants. It certainly seems to be a goal that Suyuan sets for Jing-Mei. After all, she both reminds her that she will always be Chinese, while at the same time exhorting her to excel in the ways of the Americans. The latter is unrealistic, as she takes it to extremes. It is left to Jing-Mei to figure out what is possible for her in her new culture, and what is not. However, to do so she also has to get in touch with her Chinese roots - as she does by visiting her sisters."

Tags:oriental, immigrant, assimilation, identity

Abstract
This paper analyzes the way the literature of a certain culture portrays that culture. The focus of this paper is on the Asian-American immigrant population. The paper examines and compares two novels written by Asian-Americans, "China Boy" by Gus Lee and "The Hundred Secret Senses" by Amy Tan. The paper contends that the two novels share similarities in setting, the role of multiple languages and the belief in the Chinese spirit world. Nevertheless, the paper points out that these similarities exist only in the most general sense; these three shared themes are dealt with very differently in each book.

From the Paper
"The United States of America is a country of immigrants. Throughout the history of our nation, people from all over the world have come to the United States. Disparate as their reasons for new so may be, all immigrants had to learn to cope with a similar situation. Living in a new and, to them, foreign nation, the immigrants had to come to terms with both their present and their past and how the two could be integrated. What that de facto meant is that the immigrants and their children had, in order to become successfully a part of the culture of the United State, to reconcile the culture of their homeland with American culture. This reconciliation was often unwilling or forced, and often fraught with problems. Nevertheless, immigrants often wanted to keep part of their old customs, even while adapting to America. In the twentieth century, America has experienced a wave of non-European immigrants."

Tags:chinese, amy, tan, gus, lee

Abstract
This paper discusses Yen Le Espiritu's book, "Asian-American Panethnicity: Bridging Institutions and Identities". The paper examines the issue at stake and presents the author's point of view. The paper analyzes the Vincent Chin killing and the ensuing court case. The paper contends that the book explains ethnicity and Panethnicity, very thoroughly, by giving examples of the confusion about Asians many Caucasians exhibit and express. The author also discusses the influx of Asian immigrants and refugees to America and explores how they have had to adopt to the new culture.

From the Paper
"The same cannot be said for Asian Americans - and much of the book is going into great detail to emphasize this point - because they have "no readily identifiable symbols of ethnicity." For example, Vietnamese people do not speak the same language as Japanese, or Cambodians - though they are all from Asia. Meanwhile, there are things, though, the author points out, that do bind Asian-Americans to a common heritage, and they are not positive cultural things (p. 17). They are: "A history of exploitation, oppression, and discrimination.""

Tags:japanese, chinese, cambodian

Abstract
This paper discusses the film, "Who Killed Vincent Chin", and the message it contains about America's tendency to perpetuate stereotypes and racist attitudes regarding the Asian-American community. The paper looks at some of the reasons why stereotypes persist, the serious consequences of racial hatred, and the inadequacy of the American legal system to address the problems that racism creates.

From the Paper
"The film Who Killed Vincent Chin? tells a story that on the one hand is too common in American society--a young man gets into a fight at a bar and is killed. Alcohol and testosterone create such tragedies virtually every day. This particular instance was different because it had an economic and racial component suggesting that Vincent Chin was killed by two white men because of their resentment at the loss of jobs in the auto industry to Asian, and specifically Japanese, auto manufacturers. The film tells this story and suggests that the broader issues are highly relevant and in some sense make us all guilty of killing Vincent Chin, guilty for perpetuating stereotypes and racist attitudes and for creating the climate where this sot of crime could occur."

Tags:ebens, nitz, yellow, peril, laundryman, democratic, discrimination, ethnicity, cultural, groups