title: Traditional Vietnamese health and healing.
abstract: Approximately 1.2 million Vietnamese live in the United States. Health care providers need to understand that this population differs greatly from other cultures depending on gender, religion, generation, reason for migration, enclave identity, educational level, and language preference. This article will explore the history, communication practices, biocultural ecology, and health care principles among this population.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, College of Health Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.
authors.forename: Larry Dale
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Purnell
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology; D003144:Communication Barriers; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008518:Medicine, East Asian Traditional; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D014481:United States; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D013521:Urologic Surgical Procedures, Male / Q000523:psychology; D014744:Vietnam / Q000208:ethnology