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The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures

Fadiman, Anne 1953- (Author).

Summary: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down explores the clash between a small county hospital in California and a refugee family from Laos over the care of Lia Lee, a Hmong child diagnosed with severe epilepsy. Lia's parents and her doctors both wanted what was best for Lia, but the lack of understanding between them led to tragedy. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest, and the Salon Book Award, Anne Fadiman's compassionate account of this cultural impasse is literary journalism at its finest. -- Provided by Publisher on back cover.

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  • ISBN: 9780374533403
  • ISBN: 0374533407
  • Physical Description: print
    ix, 355 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: Paperback edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.

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General Note:
Includes new afterword by the author.
Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1997.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-340) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Birth -- Fish soup -- The spirit catches you and you fall down -- Do doctors eat brains? -- Take as directed -- High-velocity transcortical lead therapy -- Government property -- Foua and Nao Kao -- A little medicine and a little neeb -- War -- The big one -- Flight -- Code X -- The melting pot -- Gold and dross -- Why did they pick Merced? -- The eight questions -- The life or the soul -- The sacrifice.

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Subject: Transcultural medical care California Case studies
Hmong American children Medical care California
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down : A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
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

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
Prefacep. vii
1Birthp. 3
2Fish Soupp. 12
3The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Downp. 20
4Do Doctors Eat Brains?p. 32
5Take as Directedp. 38
6High-Velocity Transcortical head Therapyp. 60
7Government Propertyp. 78
8Foua and Nao Kaop. 93
9A Little Medicine and a Little Neebp. 106
10Warp. 119
11The Big Onep. 140
12Flightp. 154
13Code Xp. 171
14The Melting Potp. 181
15Gold and Drossp. 210
16Why Did They Pick Merced?p. 225
17The Eight Questionsp. 250
18The Life or the Soulp. 262
19The Sacrificep. 278
Afterword to the Fifteenth Anniversary Editionp. 289
Note on Hmong Orthography, Pronunciation, and Quotationsp. 305
Notes on Sourcesp. 307
Bibliographyp. 327
Acknowledgmentsp. 341
Indexp. 345
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