How Does the Story of Lia Lee Illustrate the Problem

question 65

Essay

How does the story of Lia Lee illustrate the problem of health-care providers who have not developed cultural competence?

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Definitions:

Information Processing

The means by which information is encoded, stored, processed, and retrieved, particularly in the human mind or in computers.

Evolutionary

Pertaining to the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.

Wilhelm Wundt

A German physiologist and psychologist who is credited with founding experimental psychology as a formal academic discipline.

Functionalism

A theory in psychology that considers mental states and processes to be characterized by their function in the mental system, rather than by their internal constitution.