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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman (Paperback)
A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors and the Collision of Two Cultures
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down demonstrates the clash between the medical world and a refugee family from Laos, the parents of Lia Lee, both trying to help the epileptic baby, Lia. Their differences and lack of understanding result in tragedy....more
The author tells the story of the Lees, a family of Hmong refugees in California whose epileptic baby daughter, Lia, is taken in hand by the Western medical establishment. The Lees believe that Lia's condition is caused by spirits called dabs, who had caught her and made her fall down. Her doctors want to treat her condition with sophisticated drugs, which her parents refuse to give her. In this sad tale of cultural misunderstanding, two incompatible worlds collide, with heart-wrenching consequences. Nominated for the 1998 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction.
- Author:
- Fadiman, Anne
- ISBN:
- 9780374525644
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 352
- Publish Date:
- 09/01/1998
- Publisher:
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Language:
- English
Portions copyright 2005 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.
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This is a great read! It will really take you out of your "normal" culture and make you think about how we as health care professionals provide care for patient's. And, what's truly understood by the patient and or family and what's not and how this can cause life and death results.
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