12/2/16 Medical Humanities

(12/2/16 Medical Humanities) The spirit catches you and you fall down

• [1:15] Chapter 7- Government Property
• Is it right for Doctor Neil to take Lia away from the family?(CPS)
• Was it a good example and/or statement to take Lia away?
• Hmong Family is stubborn. Americans believe the western style of medicine is superior.

• Is Nao Kao and Foua good parents to Lia?
• From the Hmong society, they are seen as good parents whereas, in America, they are seen as bad parents.

• [1:37] “Ask not what disease a person has but what person the disease has” - William Osler

• [2:02] Chapter 8- Foua and Nao Kao
• Anne went into the Lee family’s home.
• Right by Kmart
• No books, Hardly any furniture

• [2:16] Chapter 9-A Little Medicine and a Little Neeb
• Rumor that Hmong sacrifice dogs but it was pigs.
• Americans angry but neighbors doesn't care to report
• Doctor doesn't know what the parents do to help Lia.
• Lia gets status epilepticus

• [2:55] Final Essay
• Due 12/16 5 Pages
• Would you assign blame to Lia’s Tragedy? If so, to whom?

Jawan’s

Intro: The cultural block between the western and Eastern people should be for Lia’s Tragedy.

Read to chapter 13

Medical Humanities 11/29/16

[1:15] The spirit catches you and you fall down

• Pop Quiz: Review
• Girls Name?
• Lia Lee
• Hmong Originally from and where they live now?
• California is where they live now and they originated from China
• Book Review
• Lee Family
• The mother: Fova
• The father: Nao Kao
• Lots of children
• Can't speak english
• Heavily impacts communication for doctors
• Birth Process and Children Relationships
• The placentas is buried
• Careful to not call their children pretty aloud unless the dab listens.
• Illness
• Soul-Loss is the worst illness of them all (End of Chapter 1)
• Lia lee is dealing with epilepsy. (occurs often)
• Doctor best care?
• Symbols
• Dab= The evil spirit
• The Spirit Catches you and you fall down: Epilepsy
• Unclean physically and spiritually: Leprosy

[2:40] “Fish Soup. That’s the essence of the Hmong”

1. Hmong(Eastern)
1. “hais cuaj txub kaum txub” (to speak of all kinds of things)
1. No event occurs in isolation
2. Likely to start with “the beginning of the world” when telling a fable(Story)
1. Holistic
2. Invisible/Spirits
3. Very close with children

Medical Humanities 11/18/16

Medical Humanities 11/18/16

• [1:15] The Death of Ivan ilyich
• [1:20] Chapter 2: Ivan’s Life
• Ivan is hardworking
• Older brother is old calculating
• Younger Brother is a failure childish.
• Ivan is the proud of the family. He's in the middle of this.
• Higher Class:
• Accepting the culture of europe. Ivan is able to adapt to this.
• Does Ivan really like his wife?
• He married for a different reason not pertaining to love.
• [1:45] Chapter 3: Petersburg Quest to Solicit Himself.
• Ivan is a simple man. Good Life
• 9 to 5 Job
• Wife and Kids
• Successful Job
• Head of Household
• [1:45] Ivan’s illness
• Strange taste in his month. Discomfort on his stomach
• Lots of misunderstanding with the doctors.
• Page 61 Bottom paragraph: Example
• Doctor was offended by Ivan question
• How will this affect my life?
• Doctor to Patient Relationship?
• Represents the problem of trying to fit into society.
• [2:00] The effects of Ivan’s illness
• Depressed with his 17 years of marriage??
• Wife maybe poisoned him?
• Wife can't stand him
• Example: Page 79
• [2:00] Chapter 6: Negative side of Ivan’s Illness.
• Physical Appearance
• Hes losing weight
• Looks very bad in the face
• [2:00] Chapter 7: Gerasim
• Personality
• Hes clean
• Genuinely
• Healing and caring for Ivan.
• Real
• Tells Ivan he's going to die
• Ivan likes that he's real
• He isn't afraid of death.
• Peasant or Poor.
• (everyone should know how he's living)
• [2:20] Chapter 8: Confronting Death
• Ivan: why is this happening to me?
• He didn't live life to the fullest
• [2:30 onward] End of Story
• He will die in 3 days?
• Bible
• A lot of 3days examples from the bible.
• Jesus rose back from the dead.
• Ivan is now thinking about others instead of himself.
• He is ready to die and accepts it.
• [2:45] Beginning of the story.
• Peter is just as oblivious as Ivan. The wife is too
• Ivan’s Face was at peace at the funeral

• END OF CLASS 11/18/16

Medical Humanities 11/15/16

Medical Humanities (11/15/16) Student Log

[1:15] The Death of Ivan illyich ( Story) 1884-1903

• Are Ben stories kinda disturbing?
• Death: The main concept
• The story isn't actually centralized around Ivan’s Death.
• [2:40] The actual story
• Whats going on at the funeral?
• Peter feels forced to attend this funeral and provoke sadness

[1:30] How is death in the 21 century? How is it in New Orleans.

• We celebrate death. We focus on their life, not how they die.
• To bring people together. Family Reunion
• Where do we go once we die? (The thoughts we have)
• Physical Death: Body starts to decay.
• Heaven and Hell
• Spiritual After-Life
• Reincarnation

• What does it mean if we have an after-life
• People are influenced to do good or bad deets based on this reason
• The minority are being judged for this reason.
• Who is telling us this after-life
• Oppressor
• Our Legacy
• We Judge others for not doing good
• Discrimination
• Morality
• If we don't have an after-life, How would life be
• Ghost
• Do what we want
• No soul
• Immorality

Medical Humanities 11/11/16

MEDICAL HUMANITIES STUDENT LOG (11/11/16)

• [1:15] Discussing Donald Trump winning the election.
• Opinions of his success
• Harambe: Our Lord and Savior

• [1:40] Anne Hawkins: Pathography: Patient narratives of illness.
• Pathography is a story of illness
• Narrative is about power
• We live in a culture that has an increase in sharing.
• Didactic pathographies:
• Angry Pathographies:
• Eco Pathographies: reduces reduced stigma
• Internal Pathographies

• [2:05] Magic Johnson and Aids

• [2:25] “Illness is the night-side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the hell and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use only the goal passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place.” - Susan S.

• Illness you dealt with?

• [2:30] Jawan’s Response: This quote from Susan S. is similar to the idea of heaven or hell. She makes an argument that illness is sorta of like phase of hell the burden no1 wants to experience. She later claims that we all like to escape from it but in the end, we have to face the sickness head on. This can help us identify what the sickness is and give us empathy for others with the same illness.

• The Death of Ivan Ilyich

• What kind of man he is?
• His relation to society?