The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures
Fadiman, Anne
The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures / Anne Fadiman - ix, 355 pages
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
National Book Critics Circle Award
9780374533403
Transcultural medical care--California--Case studies
Hmong American children--Medical care--California
Intercultural communication
306.461
The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures / Anne Fadiman - ix, 355 pages
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
National Book Critics Circle Award
9780374533403
Transcultural medical care--California--Case studies
Hmong American children--Medical care--California
Intercultural communication
306.461