The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures /

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. - New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2012, c1997. - ix, 355 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-340) and index.

9780374533403 : $17.00 0374533407 : $17.00


Transcultural medical care--California--Case studies.
Hmong American children--Medical care--California.
Hmong Americans--Medicine.
Intercultural communication.
Epilepsy in children.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues.
Communication in medicine

RA418.5.T73 / F33 2012

306.4/61