In the United States, many doctors face the challenge of working with patients that are of a different race or ethnicity from him or herself. Along with that, these patients are left confused and with a sense of powerlessness when working with American doctors. It becomes very hard to communicate not only because of a distinct language barrier, but also a cultural barrier. Many cultures approach situations in different ways, especially in regard to medical care. The book, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, by Anne Fadiman, is a story about a Hmong family who seeks treatment in the United States for their daughter Lia.…
Author of nonfiction book “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall”, Anne Fadiman relays the questions to her readers in her preface: “What makes a good parent?” and “What makes a good doctor?” As far as anyone is concerned for the latter question, specifically what makes outstanding health care, Carolyn M. Clancy, MD, of the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality would describe quality health care as simply “getting the right care to the right patient at the right time – every time” (). Furthermore, she dissects this simplistic description apart, providing a multilayered perspective. Essentially, the key to quality health care is its three basic dimensions: STRUCTURE, PROCESS, and OUTCOME” ().…
In Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, explains that “The students who would end up the best in their in their class began to practice more than everyone else…” (38). “The idea that excellence at performing a complex task requires critical minimum level of practice surface again and again in studies of expertise. In fact, researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours,” (Gladwell 40).…
Anatoli Boukreev was another guide with Scott Fisher's group. He had previously climbed the mountain without supplemental oxygen which is no easy feat. All of the climbers in his group knew that he was an experienced climber but knew he lacked the skills to guide. Boukreev knew very little english and it was extremely broken. As many recall Boukreev went down the mountain on rescue missions but there comes a point in time where the climber has to defend himself.…
Everest. Risking their lives for the desire to reach the highest place on earth, this once in a lifetime opportunity captivated the hearts and minds of these climbers. “‘From the time we arrived at the South Col,’ says John Taske,... ’Yasuko was totally focused on the top - it was almost like she was in a trance’” (Krakauer 184).…
More than 2 in 3 adults and about one-third of children are considered to be overweight or obese. In his article “What You Eat Is Your Business,” Radley Balko claims the idea that we should take responsibility of what we eat instead of blaming the government for it. Balko argues that the way the government is spending a lot of money for anti obesity measure isn’t the right approach to prevent obesity. In contrast, in David Zinczenko’s article “Don’t Blame The Eater,” he insists how the fast food industries are to be blamed for the problem of obesity in America. He explains how the rate of diabetes in children has dramatically increased because of the negative effects of the fast food restaurants.…
In the novel The Outliers written by Malcolm Gladwell, Gladwell explains how and why some people succeed with impactful lives and others don’t even if they try their hardest. He looks at the lives of professional hockey players, Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, and many more people explaining how they’re considered outliers. He explains how some people were deserving of their success, how some weren’t, how some people earned theirs, and how others were just in the right place at the right time. One of the things Gladwell talks about is The Matthew Effect, he talks about how professional Canadian hockey players become successful. According to Malcolm, it takes more than how hard they work or what their lifestyle is to succeed, it mostly depends on factors that they cannot control.…
In a society where entertainment is dominated by technology and online activities, reading books has begun to become less popular. Nevertheless, there are certain books have exciting storylines and characters that make them more enjoyable than any type of technology. Throughout my middle school years, I have read multiple novels that I have thoroughly enjoyed. However, one book that I have read that stands out above all the others is The Lab by Jack Heath.…
Bold actions are worth it if you accomplish your goals. Jordan from the story Everest climbed mount Everest at 13. The youngest to climb mount Everest. He trained like any other person would to climb mount Everest. He believed and accomplished his goal.…
“You can never tell who the mountain will allow...and who it will not.” The novel Peak is about a 14 year old boy named Peak Marcelo who travels to mt. Everest with his somewhat estranged father Josh, because he had trouble with the law in his home new York because he was climbing a skyscraper. Peak realizes later in the book though that his father only took him in because he wanted the boy to be the youngest to climb mt.…
In Franz Kafka’s short story, Before the Law, there is a conflict between the doorkeeper and the man. The man wants to get to the Law, however, the doorkeeper denies him access at the moment, but insists the man ignores his veto and goes in anyway. The doorkeeper does warn the man, however that there are more doorkeepers at every hall and they get harder to pass every time. The man decides not to pass and just wait till the doorkeeper allows him to go to the Law.…
Breaking the Rules With The Stranger: The Difference Between Perception and Reality The article, ”Stranger’ by Toni Morrison, narrates her encounter with a stranger. She explains the impact a stranger can leave behind, based on her own experience, how she experience welcome as she approached the stranger, and wished they could meet again. She felt “cheated, puzzled and also amused” (136) when the stranger never shows up as promised. Which kept her wondering that most of time the people we think are not what they turn out to be.…
The Shape of Things by Neil Labute definitely brought art into another level where people can relate to it easily. It will make one realize that the question that will get them thinking will be how far would one go for love and what price might one pay to have it? There are more painful and truthful questions explored by Labute throughout the play that made art more meaningful. From the opening scene, Evelyn’s chief weapon is an audacity solely acquire from her full senses that she is the richness that men seek. She, not Adam, is the real work of art, and she knows it.…
His visual impairment does not stop him from accomplishing his dream of adventure and climbing the world’s Seven Summits and reaching the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest. Erik is also the first blind climber to reach the summit of Mount McKinley, Yosemite’s El Capitan Argentina’s Aconcagua and Kilimanjaro before conquering…
There was high risks involves in the journey that can turn the joys in tragedy (Amer, 2015). This case elaborates the issues of Mount Everest in the spring of 1996. The main issue in this case was that the climbers totally ignored the possible and potential problems and difficulties in climbing. The strange thing in the case was that the experienced and skilled leaders of the climbers…