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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 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-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2012]
Edition:Paperback edition.
Subjects:
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.
Infant.
Laos.
Case Reports.

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