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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
Anne Fadiman
Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Lia Lee was born in 1981 to a family of recent Hmong immigrants, and soon developed symptoms of epilepsy. By 1988 she was living at home but was brain dead after a tragic cycle of misunderstanding, overmedication, and culture clash: "What the doctors viewed as clinical efficiency the Hmong viewed as frosty arrogance." The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down is a tragedy of Shakespearean dimensions, written with the deepest of human feeling. Sherwin Nuland said of the account, "There are no villains in Fadiman's tale, just as there are no heroes. People are presented as she saw them, in their humility and their frailty--and their nobility."
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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction
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, Foua and Nao Kao, were part of a large Hmong community in Merced, refugees from the CIA-run "Quiet War" in Laos. The Hmong, traditionally a close-knit and fiercely people, have been less amenable to assimilation than most immigrants, adhering steadfastly to the rituals and beliefs of their ancestors. Lia's pediatricians, Neil Ernst and his wife, Peggy Philip, cleaved just as strongly to another tradition: that of Western medicine. When Lia Lee Entered the American medical system, diagnosed as an epileptic, her story became a tragic case history of cultural miscommunication.
Parents and doctors both wanted the best for Lia, but their ideas about the causes of her illness and its treatment could hardly have been more different. The Hmong see illness aand healing as spiritual matters linked to virtually everything in the universe, while medical community marks a division between body and soul, and concerns itself almost exclusively with the former. Lia's doctors ascribed her seizures to the misfiring of her cerebral neurons; her parents called her illness, qaug dab peg--the spirit catches you and you fall down--and ascribed it to the wandering of her soul. The doctors prescribed anticonvulsants; her parents preferred animal sacrifices.
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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, Foua and Nao Kao, were part of a large Hmong community in Merced, refugees from the CIA-run "Quiet War" in Laos. Parents and doctors both wanted the best for Lia, but their ideas about the causes of her illness and its treatment could hardly have been more different. The Hmong see illness and healing as spiritual matters linked to virtually everything in the universe, while the medical community marks a division between body and soul, and concerns itself almost exclusively with the former. Lia's doctors ascribed her seizures to the misfiring of her cerebral neurons; her parents called her illness qaug dab peg - the spirit catches you and you fall down - and ascribed it to the wandering of her soul. The doctors prescribed anticonvulsants; her parents preferred animal sacrifices. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down moves from hospital corridors to healing ceremonies, and from the hill country of Laos to the living rooms of Merced, uncovering in its path the complex sources and implications of two dramatically clashing worldviews.
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Informative.......2007-06-24
This book was required summer reading for my college. I'd never heard of the Hmong people before reading it, and the story was definitely eye-opening. It's informative, but not too engrossing, so be prepared!Oh, also don't expect a happy ending to this one. However, the book is thought-provoking, which I think was its purpose. Mission accomplished.
Makes you think.......2007-06-06
I'm just your run of the mill American and I never thought about how our pretty Western medicine isn't what everybody on the planet absolutely strives to attain. This was an eye opening read that I reccomend to anyone who believes that what we have here is the end all be all when others think otherwise.
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down.......2007-05-31
Ann Fadiman is an incredible writer and this book is superb, not only for people in the medical profession, but any lay person interested in the culture of, and barriers facing, immigrants in the U.S.
This is a great book!.......2007-05-15
This is a great story, and my experience with this seller was good as well.
I was a expecting a boring read since it was recommended for my graduate class, but I was pleasantly surprised.
Superbly written, heartbreaking nonfiction.......2007-05-13
The story of the little Hmong girl caught between two clashing cultures to her great detriment made me weep with sadness and frustration at our American medical system. The book was in a strong, clear, matter-of-fact style which made the tale even more horrifying. I highly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in medicine or an interest in learning about new cultural belief systems. Merced, California is also a character in this book. A great read.
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. (book reviews): An article from: Pediatric Nursing
Anita J. Catlin
Manufacturer: Jannetti Publications, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0009860NO
Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from Pediatric Nursing, published by Jannetti Publications, Inc. on March 1, 1998. The length of the article is 1250 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. (book reviews)
Author: Anita J. Catlin
Publication:
Pediatric Nursing (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 1998
Publisher: Jannetti Publications, Inc.
Volume: v24
Issue: n2
Page: p170(2)
Article Type: Book Review
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Reply from Merced County: 'The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down.' (Ann Fadiman book about health care and traditional beliefs of Hmong people in California): An article from: Pediatric Nursing
June L. Harney Boffman
Manufacturer: Jannetti Publications, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
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ASIN: B0009860NY
Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from Pediatric Nursing, published by Jannetti Publications, Inc. on March 1, 1998. The length of the article is 1167 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
From the supplier: The chairperson in the nursing department, California State University, Stanislaus, teaches near the Merced County area described in a book by Anne Fadiman, 'The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down.' She has also worked at Merced Community Medical Center obstetric unit during the time discussed in the book, did research among the Hmong, met many families like the family in the book, and knew most of the professionals who served them and she updates the story. She feels sorry that Fadiman did not interview more nurses to better understand how they dealt with challenges related to Hmong culture. They had no plan to combine traditional obstetrical care with Western care. Leininger's theory on cultural care can be of help to nurses.
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Title: Reply from Merced County: 'The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down.' (Ann Fadiman book about health care and traditional beliefs of Hmong people in California)
Author: June L. Harney Boffman
Publication:
Pediatric Nursing (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 1998
Publisher: Jannetti Publications, Inc.
Volume: v24
Issue: n2
Page: p171(2)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down : A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors and the Collision of Two Cultures
Anne Fadiman
Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OXODF6 |
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
Anne Fadiman
Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OWO3TI |
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Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors,
A Fadiman
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