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The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures
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The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures
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Examines cultural issues in the American health care system through the case of Lia, a Hmong-American girl suffering from epilepsy whose treatment by doctors in California conflicted with the traditional healing beliefs held by her family.
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Title
The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures
Call No
306.461 Fad
Edition
1st ed.
Authors
Fadiman, Anne, 1953-
Subjects
Transcultural medical care--California--Case studies.
Hmong American children--Medical care--California.
Hmong Americans--Medicine.
Intercultural communication.
Epilepsy in children.
Medical care--Case studies.
Hmong Americans--Medical care.
Hmong Americans--Medicine.
Cultural relations.
Epilepsy.
Language
English
Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997.
Publication Desc
xi, 341 p.
ISBN
0374267812 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
97005175
Target Audience
Adult