Fadiman, Anne, 1953-

The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures / Anne Fadiman. - 1st pbk. ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998, c1997. - ix, 341 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes a Reader's guide, p. [343-348].

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-326) and index.

National Book Critics Circle award

9780374525644 $15.00 0374525641 $15.00




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

RA418.5.T73 / F33 1998