- diverse: 100s of languages and cultures
- Chinese, Vietnamese, Hmong: extended family and male dominated
- Lao, Khmer, and Indian: nuclear family and parents more equal
- attitude toward Western medicine varies
- variety of beliefs concerning cause of problem [karma (Buddhists), fate (Taoists), wrongdoings of ancestors (Animists), part of life (Koreans)]
- view professionals with great respect
- being too direct is considered impolite