04225cam a2200973 i 4500 546565751 TxAuBib 20220119120000.0 130513t20121997||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013370009 9780374533403 0374533407 (OCoLC)843124455 TxAuBib rda Fadiman, Anne, 1953- The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures / Anne Fadiman. Paperback edition. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2012] ℗1997. ix, 355 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier FSG classics Includes new afterword by the author. Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1997. Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-340) and index. 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. 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. 20220119. National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, 1997, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest, and the Salon Book Award. Umschulungswerkst©Þtten f©ơr Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld. Laikos Orthodoxos Synagermos. Epilepsie. Transcultural medical care California Case studies. Hmong American children Medical care California. Hmong Americans Medicine. Hmong Americans Medicine. Hmong Americans Medical care. Intercultural communication. Epilepsy in children. Child. Epilepsy. Attitude of Health Personnel. Cross-Cultural Comparison. Emigration and immigration. Asian Americans. Culturally Competent Care. Infant. 15.85 history of America. 44.14 health care provisional system. MEDICAL / Ethics. Epilepsy in children. Hmong Americans Medicine. Intercultural communication. Transcultural medical care. Journalismus. Interessenkonflikt. Fallstudie. Biomedizin. Interkulturelles Verstehen. Laotischer Fl©ơchtling. Volksreligion. Geisterglaube. Seelenglaube. Verlust. Seele. Miao. Barn. Epilepsi. H©Þlsov©Ærd. Kulturm©œten. Fallstudier. Medical care California Case studies. Communication. Culture. Laos. California. California. Case studies. Case Reports. Case studies. FSG classics.