Medicine Woman

well. Making sure we have the right information about our own bodies from all doctors involved so that we can move forward in the direction that best serves us as an individual. Eric spoke of his personal need to be in and around snow. He wanted medicines that would allow him to be out in cold temperatures and enjoy himself, otherwise his quality of life was not being met. As patients, we need to make sure the doctor knows who we are, how we live and how we want to move forward. Not all patients…

they would be able to understand their patient’s needs on a deeper level and therefore been able to treat them more effectively. They would have realized that Lia’s parents were not being neglectful towards their child; their cultural beliefs of medicine just did not match up. In addition if the cultures had been better understood, the doctors would have been able to start treating Lia earlier. This means that she could have been spared from some of the mental damage that her delayed treatment…

the ER, I have seen tragic cases that are difficult to grasp because of the sheer amount of cruelty and suffering they describe. The second case I was a part of, in particular, was the most memorable clinical experience I have had. In this case, a woman walked from deep within Queens to an upper Manhattan hospital (a trip that would have taken most of the day). When she arrived,…

Mrs. January is a 73-year-old woman, and she went to have a neurological evaluation because her brother has noticed memory impairment within the last three years. She had a husband who passed away in 1980. She never had any children. Her brother has noticed that her memory impairment has gradually progressed. Other family members have said they have noticed a decrease in her housekeeping and also she has forgotten to pay her bills. Mrs. January has an elevated blood pressure, but she has never…

Giger and Davidhizar’s Transcultural Nursing Assessment Framework: Analysis of Pregnancy and Birth in the Jewish Culture Introduction The Jewish culture is one that nurses may encounter when caring for patients throughout their career. Joyce Giger and Ruth Davidhizar created the Transcultural Nursing Assessment Framework to help nurses assess patients using their culture as a starting consideration. It breaks it down into six components to consider when analyzing cultures to help with nursing…

In Nelson’s article, she thoroughly explains that there is a set of clinical hierarchy that makes patient irrationality explainable to an extent. Her claim is that patients do not share the knowledge that physicians posses, but that does not always mean their knowledge is wrong. Nelson makes it clear that the things we know, and the things we understand in our world are all products of someone or something else. By patients making “irrational” decisions, it would seem judgemental and harsh for…

traits, activities, and roles (Weinraub et al 1493) History has proven that gender inequality it is not today’s problem it’s been a problem since the beginning of times. Who determines what is it the female’s role in society? How is it determined if a woman is respectable or not? What are the expectations regarding women’s behavior? How is masculinity and femininity defined? Does being a man guarantees power? “Critical to any explanation of sex role development is information regarding the time…

school, high school and even during my undergraduate career somehow, I managed to come across that question every time. My answer was consistent, “To become a medical doctor.” I was always interested in the medical field. Since I was a child, the woman or man in the white coat always held my highest respect. I have to greatly admire and respect their dedication and selfless efforts to care for their patients. Not many people look forward to a doctor 's visit – but I was always excited to go to a…

Most people can pinpoint the defining moment in their life. The moment that alters a person to the core. A moment so impactful that it leaves the person questioning everything about life and leave you with one gift: a purpose. At the age of six, my moment came. For a year, my three-year-old sister had been sick. At first, as a middle-class family, we were confident that we could afford any medications. However, as her condition deteriorated, our sanguine attitude vanished. For middle-class…

roles. Their roles range from that of a powerful goddess to a common Inuit homemaker; however, they all play an important part of the society that they serve, and most of the stories would not be able to progress without the important role that the woman provides. Most female characters in stories are written to provide a particular condition to the main character; the women in these stories are no different. The female characters that I will be discussing from the previously mentioned stories…