Biopsychosocial Interview Report

Written by Margaret K. Pai, the Dreams of Two Yi-min narrates the story of her Korean American family with the main focus on the life journeys of her father and mother, Do In Kwon and Hee Kyung Lee. Much like the majority of the pre-World War II immigrants, the author’s family is marked and characterized by the common perception of the “typical” Asian immigrant status in the early 20th century: low class, lack of English speaking ability, lack of transferable education and skills, and lack of knowledge on the host society’s mainstream networks and institutions (Zhou and Gatewood 120, Zhou 224). Despite living in a foreign land with countless barriers and lack of capital, Kwon lead his wife and children to assimilate culturally,

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

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

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.

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.

“I am evolving from being an animal, ' Shin said. 'But it is going very, very slowly. Sometime I try to cry and laugh like other people, just to see if it feels like anything. Yet tears don 't come. Laughter doesn 't come” (Harden 198). Tears, laughter, this all comes easy to most of the world, but it is much more complex than that for North Korean escapee, Shin Dong-Hyuk. After living in a prison camp for his entire life, it is no wonder how tears and laughter would be difficult to manage. Both Shin’s past and the environment of places like Camp 14 play a significant role in who he is today. Understanding the struggle to assimilate after escaping hell on earth and how all of these events have affected Shin and his mental health is crucial. To fully understand why Shin cannot yet reach freedom from his terrible past, it is necessary to comprehend Shin’s past inside Camp 14. Because of this oppressive past, the struggle to adapt and both the effects of posttraumatic stress disorder and paranoid personality disorder make it difficult to find peace with himself and his past.

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.

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

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 main characters go through character development in the novel, maturing in both their thoughts and state of mind. After facing the intense guilt from thinking that her uncle was going to be caught by the Japanese government, Sun-hee makes sure to not jump to conclusions: “Tae-yul was going to be a kamikaze...But maybe I was wrong. Remember Tomo-remember Uncle. I’d been so sure, and had made a terrible mistake. Don’t make a mistake this time” (Park 143). After her uncle had run away because of her misinterpretation of a warning, Sun-hee had blamed herself, not trusting anything she thought. Instead of completely discrediting her thoughts, she only warned herself to think it through more. Her careful mindset allowed her to confirm her Korean identity and that her culture had to be protected. This maturity gave her the freedom in knowing her thoughts about her culture were well-thought-out. Tae-yul’s growth is evident by his body language and reactions to certain events. Near the beginning of the story, he is

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

Kim's progression into other developmental stages was mainly determined by the kind of care she received during her early childhood. She developed oral fixated behaviors that were evident in the later stages of her life because she was born into an unhappy marriage in which her parents were constantly yelling at each other. The unhappy marriage and constant yelling of her parents hindered the provision of consistent care. As a result, her individual experiences during this stage did not promote feelings of safety and security.

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.