The culture of European (white) Americans affects the health care of German Americans, Italian Americans, and Polish Americans. There are many examples of cultural phenomena affecting these individuals. Some of these examples consist of nations of origin, environmental control, biological variations, social organization, communication, space, and time orientation. Spector (2009) provides examples of for each of these cultural phenomena. She states the nations of origin consist of Germany, England, Italy, Ireland, former Soviet Union, and all other European countries. Some examples of environmental control are remaining traditional HEALTH and ILLNESS beliefs and practices may be observed, some remaining traditional folk medicine, and primary reliance on modern, Western health care...