Intermediate Level Culture Analysis

because I will remember what the Hmong had to go through only to save their daughter, and to respect and understand their beliefs. Also open my mind in a way to be more patient with people who have powerful and different beliefs. Our job as a healthcare facility is to help, give support others, is to understand, is to trust their belief and to explain the patient and not to force them to do something that is under their beliefs.
I really enjoy to read the book because talked about two different point of views, which as my understanding both beliefs have their advantages and disadvantages. In the end, the little girl died and how both cultures affected her in so many ways that it was not worth it to make her last month miserable. At least, I am glad that she passed away happy with her family although, I dislike the fact that both parents and doctors made many mistake in the despair of wanting to help each other with the same goal to save Lia.
Culture as an Iceberg, I learned the external, internal, and the three levels. The surface level culture which is above the water, the intermediate level culture and deep level culture. The surface level means “pop culture”, the intermediate level means “symbols, meanings, norms”. And deep level means, traditions, beliefs and values. The idea of culture as an iceberg means that only a smaller proportion of cultural aspects
Realizing that individuals from different cultures will express their thoughts in vastly different ways. Developing an awareness of why hearing words is not sufficient to discern meaning. Sometimes silence communicates far more than speech. Such things as touching, eye contact, and other kinds of “body language” need to be observed and correctly interpreted because nonverbal communication carries important clues about the message the individual is trying to