HEALTH and ILLNESS in the Asian Populations
But when she arrived in the new country, the immigration officials pulled her swan away from her leaving the woman fluttering her arms and with only one swan feather for a memory.
—Amy Tan
■ Objectives
1. Discuss the background of the selected communities of the Asian populations.
2. Discuss the demographic profile of selected communities of the Asian populations.
3. Describe the traditional definitions of HEALTH and ILLNESS of selected com- munities of the Asian populations.
4. Describe the traditional methods of HEALTH maintenance and protection of selected communities of the Asian populations.
5. Describe the traditional methods of HEALING within selected communities of the Asian populations.
6. Describe the practice of a traditional healer. 7. Describe current health care problems of members of selected communities
of the Asian populations.