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Author Fadiman, Anne, 1953-

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

Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, [1997]
©1997

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Location Call No. Status
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  306.461 FADIMAN    DUE 09-26-24
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  306.4 FADIMAN, ANNE    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  306.4 FADIMAN    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  306.461 FADIMAN    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  362.1 FAD    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  306.4 FAD    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.461 F145S    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.461 F145S c.2  Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  306.461 FADIMAN    Assumed Lost
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  306.461 FA    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xi, 339 pages ; 25 cm
Contents Birth -- 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 -- 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 -- The sacrifice.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [311]-324) and index.
Subject Transcultural medical care -- California -- Case studies.
Hmong American children -- Medical care -- California.
Hmong Americans -- Medicine.
Intercultural communication.
Epilepsy in children.
Epilepsy -- Case Reports.
Infant.
Child.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Emigration and Immigration -- Laos.
Attitude of Health Personnel.
ISBN 0374267812 cloth alkaline paper
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