Book
The locked medicine cabinet: Hmong health care in America
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1990 • Pages:
By: Kirton, Elizabeth.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the health care problems of the refugee Hmong in Isla Vista, California. Prior to their arrival in the United Sates the Hmong were able to exploit a number of health care resources available in Laos (e.g., herbal cures, shamanistic healing, and sporadic medical care). The Hmong expected better care when they arrived in the United States. These expectations were not met, however, and their experiences with the American medical system left them critical and disatisfied. According to Kirton, the focus of dissatisfaction revolves around the culturally inappropriate care which they received, their lack of understanding of American medicine, and inadequate care-seeking skills of the Hmong. This latter factor is of particular signficance to the older Hmong who have little if any knowledge of English and are thus unable to communicate with American medical personnel.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Observation in research
- Morbidity
- Internal migration
- External migration
- Public welfare
- Medical therapy
- Medical care
- Pregnancy
- Childbirth
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- North American Hmong
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1991
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1983-1984
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Isla Vista, California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Elizabeth Stewart Kirton
- Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of California-Santa Barbara, 1985
- UM 8609700
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-225)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hmong Americans