The Resource The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures, Anne Fadiman
The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures, Anne Fadiman
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The item The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures, Anne Fadiman represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library.
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Paperback edition.
- Extent
- ix, 355 pages
- Note
-
- Includes new afterword by the author
- Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1997
- Contents
-
- 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
- Birth
- The sacrifice
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780374533403
- Label
- The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures
- Title
- The spirit catches you and you fall down
- Title remainder
- a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures
- Statement of responsibility
- Anne Fadiman
- Subject
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- Américains d'origine asiatique
- Américains d'origine miao -- Médecine
- Asian Americans
- Attitude of Health Personnel
- Barn
- Biomedizin
- California
- California
- Case Reports
- Case studies
- Case studies
- Case studies
- Child
- Children
- Communication
- Cross-Cultural Comparison
- Cross-cultural studies
- Culturally Competent Care
- Culture
- Emigration and Immigration
- Enfants
- Enfants américains d'origine miao -- Soins médicaux -- Californie
- Epilepsi
- Epilepsie
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy in children
- Epilepsy in children
- Fallstudie
- Fallstudier
- Geisterglaube
- Hmong American children -- Medical care -- California
- Hmong Americans -- Medical care
- Hmong Americans -- Medicine
- Hmong Americans -- Medicine
- Hälsovård
- Infant
- Infants
- Intercultural communication
- Intercultural communication
- Interessenkonflikt
- Interkulturelles Verstehen
- Journalismus
- Kulturmöten
- Laikos Orthodoxos Synagermos
- Laos
- Laotischer Flüchtling
- MEDICAL / Ethics
- Medical care -- California -- Case studies
- Miao
- Nourrissons
- Seele
- 15.85 history of America
- Services transculturels de santé -- Californie -- Études de cas
- Transcultural medical care
- Transcultural medical care -- California -- Case studies
- Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer
- Verlust
- Volksreligion
- children (people by age group)
- infants
- Épilepsie
- Épilepsie chez l'enfant
- Études de cas
- Études transculturelles
- Seelenglaube
- 44.14 health care provisional system
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Awards note
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, 1997, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest, and the Salon Book Award.
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1953-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Fadiman, Anne
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- FSG Classics
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Epilepsie
- Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer
- Laikos Orthodoxos Synagermos
- Transcultural medical care
- Hmong American children
- Hmong Americans
- Intercultural communication
- Epilepsy in children
- Children
- Epilepsy
- Cross-cultural studies
- Asian Americans
- Infants
- Hmong Americans
- Child
- Epilepsy
- Attitude of Health Personnel
- Cross-Cultural Comparison
- Emigration and Immigration
- Asian Americans
- Culturally Competent Care
- Infant
- Laos
- California
- Laos
- Services transculturels de santé
- Enfants américains d'origine miao
- Américains d'origine miao
- Épilepsie chez l'enfant
- Enfants
- Épilepsie
- Études transculturelles
- Américains d'origine asiatique
- Nourrissons
- children (people by age group)
- infants
- 15.85 history of America
- 44.14 health care provisional system
- MEDICAL / Ethics
- Epilepsy in children
- Hmong Americans
- Intercultural communication
- Transcultural medical care
- California
- Journalismus
- Interessenkonflikt
- Fallstudie
- Biomedizin
- Interkulturelles Verstehen
- Laotischer Flüchtling
- Volksreligion
- Geisterglaube
- Seelenglaube
- Verlust
- Seele
- Miao
- Barn
- Epilepsi
- Hälsovård
- Kulturmöten
- Fallstudier
- Hmong Americans
- Medical care
- Epilepsy
- Communication
- Culture
- Label
- The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures, Anne Fadiman
- Note
-
- Includes new afterword by the author
- Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1997
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-340) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 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
- Birth
- The sacrifice
- 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
- Control code
- 843124455
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- Paperback edition.
- Extent
- ix, 355 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374533403
- Lccn
- 2013370009
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 505
- System control number
- (OCoLC)843124455
- Label
- The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures, Anne Fadiman
- Note
-
- Includes new afterword by the author
- Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1997
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-340) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 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
- Birth
- The sacrifice
- 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
- Control code
- 843124455
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- Paperback edition.
- Extent
- ix, 355 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374533403
- Lccn
- 2013370009
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 505
- System control number
- (OCoLC)843124455
Subject
- Américains d'origine asiatique
- Américains d'origine miao -- Médecine
- Asian Americans
- Attitude of Health Personnel
- Barn
- Biomedizin
- California
- California
- Case Reports
- Case studies
- Case studies
- Case studies
- Child
- Children
- Communication
- Cross-Cultural Comparison
- Cross-cultural studies
- Culturally Competent Care
- Culture
- Emigration and Immigration
- Enfants
- Enfants américains d'origine miao -- Soins médicaux -- Californie
- Epilepsi
- Epilepsie
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy in children
- Epilepsy in children
- Fallstudie
- Fallstudier
- Geisterglaube
- Hmong American children -- Medical care -- California
- Hmong Americans -- Medical care
- Hmong Americans -- Medicine
- Hmong Americans -- Medicine
- Hälsovård
- Infant
- Infants
- Intercultural communication
- Intercultural communication
- Interessenkonflikt
- Interkulturelles Verstehen
- Journalismus
- Kulturmöten
- Laikos Orthodoxos Synagermos
- Laos
- Laotischer Flüchtling
- MEDICAL / Ethics
- Medical care -- California -- Case studies
- Miao
- Nourrissons
- Seele
- 15.85 history of America
- Services transculturels de santé -- Californie -- Études de cas
- Transcultural medical care
- Transcultural medical care -- California -- Case studies
- Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer
- Verlust
- Volksreligion
- children (people by age group)
- infants
- Épilepsie
- Épilepsie chez l'enfant
- Études de cas
- Études transculturelles
- Seelenglaube
- 44.14 health care provisional system
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