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 / by Anne Fadiman. - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1997. - xi, 339 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-324) and index.

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Transcultural medical care--Case studies.--California
Hmong American children--Medical care--California.
Hmong Americans--Medicine.
Intercultural communication.
Epilepsy in children.

RA418.5.F33 1997