text The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures
- Summary
- When three-month-old Lia Lee Arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced, California, a chain of events was set in motion from which neither she nor her parents nor her doctors would ever recover. Lia's parents were part of a large Hmo... Read more
- 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 -- Th... Read more
- Format
- text
- Description
- ix, 341, [7] p. ; 21 cm.
- Publisher
- Noonday Press 1998
| Library | Location | Status |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 306.461 FAD in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
| Library | Location | Status |
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| TADL-WOOD | 306.461 FAD in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
Transcultural medical care California Case studies
Hmong American children Medical care California
Hmong Americans Medicine
Intercultural communication
Epilepsy in children
Medical personnel Attitudes
Health attitudes ethnology
Cross-cultural studies
Medical care
Laos Emigration and immigration
Epilepsy Infant
Epilepsy Child
Ethnic groups