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LEADER: 01690cam 2200349Ma 4500
001 ocn317958166
003 OCoLC
005 20101203115123.0
008 050608r19981997nyu b 001 0 eng d
040 $aAXU$cAXU$dCGN
020 $a0374525641
020 $a9780374525644
035 $a(OCoLC)317958166
050 14 $aRA418.5.T73$bF33 1998
082 04 $a306.4/61$222
082 14 $a306.4$214
100 1 $aFadiman, Anne,$d1953-
245 14 $aThe spirit catches you and you fall down :$ba Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures /$cAnne Fadiman.
250 $a1st pbk. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus, and Giroux,$c1998, c1997.
300 $aix, 341 p. ;$c21 cm.
500 $aReprint. Originally published: c1997.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [293]-326) and index.
505 0 $aBirth -- 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
520 $aDiscusses a sick child of Laotian immigrants whose beliefs conflict with Western medicine.
650 0 $aTranscultural medical care$zCalifornia$xCase studies.
650 0 $aHmong American children$xMedical care$zCalifornia.
650 0 $aHmong Americans$xMedicine.
650 0 $aIntercultural communication.
650 0 $aEpilepsy in children.
994 $aZ0$bPMR
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN PMR - 17 OTHER HOLDINGS