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 / Anne Fadiman.

Author/creator	Fadiman, Anne, 1953-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : Noonday Press, ©1997.
Description	ix, 341 pages, 7 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm
Subject(s)	Attitude of Health Personnel. Attitude to Health--ethnology. Cross-Cultural Comparison. Delivery of Health Care. Emigration and Immigration. Epilepsy--Infant. Epilepsy--Child. Ethnicity

Contents	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.
General note	"Reader's Guide": p. [343]-[348].
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-326) and index.
ISBN	0374525641 :

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Laupus	Popular Reading Collection	WA 300 F145S 1997	✔ Available	Place Hold