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 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 under...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fadiman, Anne, 1953- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2012]
Edition:Paperback edition.
Series:FSG classics
Subjects:
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
Laikos Orthodoxos Synagermos
Epilepsie
Transcultural medical care > California > Case studies.
Hmong American children > Medical care > California.
Hmong Americans > Medicine.
Intercultural communication
Epilepsy in children
Child
Epilepsy
Attitude of Health Personnel
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Emigration and Immigration
Asian
Culturally Competent Care
Infant
15.85 history of America.
44.14 health care provisional system.
MEDICAL / Ethics.
Hmong Americans > Medicine
Transcultural medical care
Journalismus
Interessenkonflikt
Fallstudie
Biomedizin
Interkulturelle Kompetenz
Laotischer Flüchtling
Volksreligion
Geisterglaube
Seelenglaube
Verlust
Seele
Miao
Barn.
Epilepsi.
Hälsovård.
Kulturmöten.
Fallstudier.
Hmong Americans > Medical care.
Medical care > California > Case studies.
Epilepsy.
Communication.
Culture.
Laos
California.
Laos.
California
Case studies
Case Reports
Case Reports.

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