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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 : a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures
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A study in the collision between Western medicine and the beliefs of a traditional culture focuses on a hospitalized child of Laotian immigrants whose belief that illness is a spiritual matter comes into conflict with doctors' methods.
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Authors
Fadiman, Anne, 1953-
Subjects
Transcultural medical care--California.
Hmong American children--Medical care--California.
Hmong Americans--Medicine.
Intercultural communication.
Epilepsy in children.
Language
English
Series
FSG classics
Dimensions
21 cm.