The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
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| Author | Anne Fadiman |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Released | 1997 and 1998 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 352 |
| ISBN | ISBN-10: 0374525641 ISBN-13: 978-0374525644 |
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down is a 1997 book by Anne Fadiman which chronicles the struggles of a Hmong refugee family and their interactions with the health care system in California. It revolves around a young girl who is diagnosed with severe epilepsy, and the conflict between how her condition is understood and treated by the Hmong and American medical cultures. An example of medical anthropology, it has been cited by medical journals and lecturers as an argument for greater cultural competence.
This book is assigned to students at medical schools around the United States.
[edit] External sources
New England Journal of Medicine article 1 [1]
New England Journal of Medicine article 2 [2]
