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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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When three-month-old Lia Lee arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced, California, a chain of events was set in motion from which neither she nor her parents nor her doctors would ever recover. Lia's parents, Foua and Nao Kao, were part of a large Hmong community in Merced, refug...

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Main Author: Fadiman, Anne, 1953- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.
Edition:1st pbk. ed.
Subjects:
Transcultural medical care > California > Case studies.
Hmong American children > Medical care > California.
Hmong Americans > Medicine.
Intercultural communication.
Epilepsy in children.
Epilepsy.
Cross-cultural studies.
Children.
Epilepsy
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Emigration and Immigration
Attitude of Health Personnel
Child
Laos
Services transculturels de santé > Californie > Études de cas.
Enfants américains d'origine miao > Soins médicaux > Californie.
Américains d'origine miao > Médecine.
Épilepsie chez l'enfant.
Épilepsie.
Études transculturelles.
Enfants.
children (people by age group)
Cross-cultural studies
Children
Epilepsy in children
Hmong Americans > Medicine
Intercultural communication
Transcultural medical care
California
Kulturkonflikt
Ärztliche Behandlung
USA
Geneeskunde.
Volksgeneeskunde.
Miao.
Case Reports
Erlebnisbericht.
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
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Call Number: RA418.5.T73 F33 1998
 
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