Ethnocentrism, which is the belief that your culture or point of view is superior to others, is very essential and needs to be broken down. Fadiman significantly contributes and establishes a relationship with medical pluralism and cultural competence. Fadiman states that “to most of the doctors, the Hmong taboos against the basic tools of modern medicine such as: blood tests, spinal taps, surgery, anesthesia, and autopsies seemed like self-defeating ignorance. They had no way of knowing that a Hmong might regard these taboos as the sacred guardians of his identity” (Fadiman 2012,
Ethnocentrism, which is the belief that your culture or point of view is superior to others, is very essential and needs to be broken down. Fadiman significantly contributes and establishes a relationship with medical pluralism and cultural competence. Fadiman states that “to most of the doctors, the Hmong taboos against the basic tools of modern medicine such as: blood tests, spinal taps, surgery, anesthesia, and autopsies seemed like self-defeating ignorance. They had no way of knowing that a Hmong might regard these taboos as the sacred guardians of his identity” (Fadiman 2012,