Biopsychosocial Interview Report

Sookan and her family had just gotten news from her father, saying that him and his four eldest sons were safe in Seoul. Sookan was ecstatic to know that they were safe and well, but wondered why her family that was left behind in North Korea hadn’t been the first priority. “Mother stretched out her arms and Inchun and I ran to them.How good it was to know that father was alive and well, and that my three brothers were safe in Seoul. And how wonderful to know that father would be coming to take us to the South. Yet I wondered how it was that he had left us here so long. I wish that he had come for us earlier, as he had for his sons. Why had he left us for last?”(118) Sookan was the only daughter, and the second youngest in the household. Growing up, family is a very important part to anyone's life, and it’s extremely rare for you to questions your parents judgement or actions when you are growing up. But Sookan did just that when she asked herself if her fathers decisions on saving the eldest boys first was really the right thing to

George Jung, the son of skilled laborers who struggled to make ends meet, grew up seeing his parents fail and made a vow to never walk in their footsteps. George’s father, Fred, worked independently serving heating accounts in Boston. George’s mother, Ermine, was nice and quiet and worked in an Ann Taylor clothing

Yuh argued that the enforcement of Americanization on Korean Military brides eliminate family connections which creates an intersectional identity that was disregard by both United States and Korea. The Military brides are fully expected by the American families to be westernize and fulfill the role of a “good American wife”, they’re forced to abandon Korean language, in the book The Shadow beyond the Camptown by Ji-Yeon Yuh, the author stated that “few women are able to speak English fluently and so the use of English as family language means that they are unable to fully communicate with their husband and children,”101 it’s complicated for those women to speak out the inner thoughts with their families and it’s even harder for them to

Upon my dad’s graduation from Loma Linda University as a dentist, when I was six, we moved to Texas, because my dad had (previously) enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. In the small town of Wichita Falls, there were very few Asians, let alone Koreans. It was there that I began to become fully immersed within the English language and the American culture.

Shin was unsure what Sung’s intentions were and how much he should say to him. After risking everything to escape from Camp 14, Shin did not want this man to turn him in after explaining his story; especially since all his life, his instinct been to turn in criminals for privileges inside the camp (“North Korea Information”). Sung furrowed his thin gray eyebrows and began tapping his foot, waiting for more answers. “I am trying to figure out how to get somewhere, but I don’t have directions anymore. I’ve been wandering around for a while, but I was hungry and cold and needed to stop somewhere.” Shin was cautious with sharing information because Sung was a complete stranger and not someone who he considered trustworthy, especially after thinking that people were always “untrustworthy and abusive” (Harden

The biopsychosocial model of health and illness integrates biological factors, psychological factors and social factors into one model (Engle, 1977). This assignment will analyse chronic wounds ulcers through a biopsychosocial model structure. The model aims to examine the biological and physiological aspects in the treatment of an illness. While there are many areas to be evaluated in relation to this topic, due to word limit constraints, delayed wound healing as a physiological aspect, and risk of depression as a psychological feature, will be examined in relation to chronic wounds. These ideas will be evaluated by focusing on the nurse’s role in assessments, implications of assessment findings, and implementation of treatment. The nursing care will also recognise the importance of acquainting the patient and their family in such care.

In the nonfiction article, “Without You, There Is No Us: My Time With the Sons of North Korea’s Elite” by Suki Kim, Kim describes her time in North Korea as an English school teacher and the different procedures that the government uses to manipulate and control her. Under all of the distress and disorder, she discovers that true beauty lies within. Kim’s central idea of the text is that people in North Korea are unable to achieve enlightenment because the government has control over nearly every aspect of their citizen’s lives. This concept progresses over the course of the text by demonstrating the propaganda that North Korea’s government beholds and the list that Kim provides which explicates the rules and regulations she must follow; if this is not accomplished, then there may be very harsh consequences. Towards the end of the text, Kim completely divulges her original concept by stating that the children are beautiful entities, divergent from the government in many ways.

Shin’s past begins before he is even born. “Soon after the Korean War, Kim Il Sung, North Korean dictator and “Great Leader” from 1948 until his death in 1994 and father of Kim Jong Il, executed a number of Korean revolutionaries, establishing a zero-tolerance for dissent.” (“North Korea’s Gulags”). Similarly, several gulags, or prison camps, were created by the dictator

The first time I remember fighting with my parents as a child was when the Korean study books came out. I could not have been more than four when my parents locked me in my room every day after school to finish writing my Korean letters. I felt frustration and thought “Why would I need to learn a language none of my friends have even heard of?”. The harder they pushed me, the harder I pushed back. While they eventually gave up on the textbooks, this tug of war lingered on for a decade in many other aspects. The more they played old Korean trot music in the car, the more I gravitated towards manufactured radio bops. As they made me kimchi (a spicy, fermented, Korean stable), the more I craved pizza, turkey sandwiches, and that thermos of soup at lunch. I realize now that there are bigger problems to worry about in the world, but what a person has for school lunch is a crucial part in growing up. At age 8 I decided to throw away my entire packed

Twenty-six year old Soojin was born to a loving Mother and Father in Korea in a homogenous Korean neighborhood near Seoul. Both Soojin and her brother, who was born two years later, had secure attachments with their mother. High school graduates, her father worked in construction and her mother raised the children at home. Soojin was a cheerful child. Spiritually, Soojin was mostly raised without a religion, although she sometimes attended temple with her Buddhist grandmother. A friend’s father was a pastor in a Christian church where she loved to attend after school and soon was baptized. In 2000, wanting more opportunities and a better education for their children, Soojin’s parents decided to immigrate to the United States to live the American

1. Kim Manchung emphasize the ephemeral nature of human life by SungJin. In the text he makes so-yoo gets drunken so often to shows us the weakness of human. And at the end of the book SungJin realizes that his whole life as So-yoo was inconsequential, despite all his successes. Kim Manchoong spends most of his time depicting So-yoo’s life, and there is no denying that it is a very pleasant life.

The biography aims to appeal to an audience who didn't know what life was like in North Korea and how challenging it is to escape the country. We know this because the author is using her personal experience of

I agree with Hwang that children of immigrants often feel lost because they are perceived differently by different groups. In Hwang’s case, she had to balance the American culture and the Korean standards with each other. Hwang is unable to identify with either culture when presented with culturally different scenarios. Her parents and other Koreans see her as American while her peers view her as Korean, which leaves Hwang in a limbo between competing cultural identities. While she had American tendencies of “rhapsodizing over Andrew McCarthy’s blue eyes” or thinking about “a certain upper-classman’s offer of a ride to the Homecoming football game”, she is Korean by blood, and is therefore faced with the pressures of being traditional (43). Being a first generation Indian, I can relate to this. For me, personally, it was hard to communicate with my relatives back in India because of the many cultural barriers, no matter how much my parents tried to instill Indian culture within me. While my family sees me as being detached from my Indian roots, my peers do not really see me as American. Hence, because of all of the confusion, there is strain put on one’s sense of identity when everyone around them sees them as someone

“Jung Daehyun,” Even he spoke, his voice was as flat and cold as metal, “Nineteen years old. The middle child of three. Although your name wouldn’t suggest it, you’re a person of interest to us. Did none of you take your father’s name?”

Jinyoung sat with his legs beneath himself in front of his small table not tall enough to reach his knees. He was tired from working all day at his numerous low paying jobs. Even the bright lights of Seoul were still too dim to light up his cluttered yet empty kitchen. He slumped back down, now imperfect posture, as he stared at the pile of bills in his hand. Tears threatened to leak from his eyes until he heard his daughter Rosé enter the room, quickly he hid the papers and presented a smile on his face.