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| List of Illustrations | |
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| Preface and Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Health-Related Cultural Beliefs, Practices, and Values | |
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| Hmong Culture: Tradition and Change | |
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| Women's Health: Case Stories and Commentaries | |
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| Controlling Fertility: A Case Story | |
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| Hmong Preferences for Natural Family Planning | |
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| Social, Cultural, and Ethical Aspects of Controlling Fertility in the Hmong Community | |
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| Woman with Pregnancy Complications: A Case Story | |
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| The Cultural Complexity of Obstetrical Care | |
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| Conflicting Cultural Practices in Deciding about a Cesarean-Section | |
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| Woman with Vaginal Bleeding: A Case Story | |
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| Culturally Responsive Care for a Hmong Woman with Vaginal Bleeding | |
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| Influence of Conversion to Christianity on a Hmong Woman's Decision about Hysterectomy: A Pastor's Perspective | |
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| Children's Health: Case Stories and Commentaries | |
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| Children with High Fevers: Case Stories | |
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| Hmong Health Beliefs and Practices Concerning Childhood Fevers | |
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| State-Ordered Medical Care for Our Son: Parents' Perspective | |
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| Family-Centered Cultural Collaboration in Pediatric Care | |
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| Bottle-Fed Toddler with Anemia: A Case Story | |
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| Iron-Deficiency Anemia in Bottle-fed Toddlers | |
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| A Culturally Informed Public Health Response to Pediatric Anemia in the Hmong Community | |
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| Infant with Down Syndrome and a Heart Defect: A Case Story | |
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| Defining Best Interest for a Hmong Infant: A Physician's Challenge | |
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| "Why Do They Want to Hurt My Child?": The Mother's Perspective | |
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| Chronic Disease: Case Stories and Commentaries | |
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| Man with Diabetes and Hypertension: A Case Story | |
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| Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the Hmong Community | |
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| "I Tell You This Story of Healing": A Shaman's Perspective | |
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| Young Woman with Kidney Failure and Transplant: A Case Story | |
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| Endstage | |
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| Painful Cultural Differences in a Hmong Family: The Mother's Perspective | |
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| Mental Illness: Case Stories and Commentaries | |
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| War Veteran with Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Case Story | |
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| Social and Spiritual Explanations of Depression and Nightmares | |
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| Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Prevailing Causes and Therapeutic Strategies with Hmong Clients | |
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| Domestic Violence: A Case Story | |
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| Traditional Hmong Concepts of Wife Beating | |
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| Changing Gender Roles and Domestic Violence in the Hmong Community: A Feminist Perspective | |
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| Woman with Psychosis: A Case Story | |
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| Cultural Interpretations of Psychosis | |
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| Integrating Hmong and Western Approaches to Spiritual Illnesses | |
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| End-of-Life Care: Case Stories and Commentaries | |
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| Hospice Patient with Gallbladder Cancer: A Case Story | |
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| Cultural Complications in End-of-Life Care for a Hmong Woman with Gallbladder Cancer | |
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| The Husband's Plea for Provider Honesty | |
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| Pregnant Woman with a Brain Hemorrhage: A Case Story | |
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| Strategies for Health Care Providers and Institutions to Deliver Culturally Competent Care | |
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| Accommodation of Cultural Differences in End-of-Life Care | |
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| A Widowed Mother's Search for a Good Place to Die: A Case Story | |
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| Providing a Spiritually Appropriate Place for My Mother's Care and Death | |
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| "Please Help Me": A Physician Responds to a Hmong Woman's End-of-Life Struggles | |
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| Culturally Responsive Health Care | |
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| A Model for Culturally Responsive Health Care | |
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| Recommendations for Health Care Practitioners | |
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| Recommendations for Health Care Administrators and Educators | |
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| Recommendations for Public Policy Makers | |
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| Editors and Contributors | |
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| Index | |