Summary On The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down By Ann Fadiman Essa

The olfaction Catches You And You pass along Down by Ann Fadiman is a truly interesting oblige. Its dire how difficult it is for Americans to understand another(prenominal) cultures because the United States is such a assorted country. However, as an American, I understood the frustrations that Lia Lees doctors felt when laborious to diagnose and treat her properly. In this set aside both the American doctors and the Hmong peoples go about mevery hardships and barriers when trying to communicate with each other. After having read this book I can understand where both groups were coming from and reasons for their actions. I could whole imagine the level of difficulty and anger that the doctors and Lias p bents must hold in experienced over that time period.The two items that I will be discussing are questions one and two. Looking at the Lee family from a psycho- companionable perspective, I would say that they are a very close nit family who value their culture. The wife, Foua is very independent in the sense that she gave birth to all told of her children except Lia, without any help or assistance from anyone. Also because she worked in the fields all through her pregnancies. The husband, Nao Kao is a very loving, and supporting to his wife and children. The Lees value their beliefs and believe strongly in their customs. They possess close nit ties to other Hmong people and although they were taught their own healing remedies, they are somewhat accepting of horse opera customs as well.While reading this book, I identified legion(predicate) problems and stressors. Some of them include the language barrier, which do it hard for doctors to ask questions similar whats the problem, where does it hurt, how bad is the pain, etc. The language barrier also made it hard for doctors to explain diagno... ... had previously had experienced. I think Jeanine taught them a of import lesson in the sense that all Americans are not the same. We all are not cap able of understanding other cultures and peoples. We all do not pass judgments or view those who are distinct from us in a negative way. All Americans are not trying to veer other people into their way of life. We all dont know that our culture is superior to others. Americans can be open- minded individuals. Not all Americans agree with all of the laws of our country. Overall I believe that having Jeanine as their social worker, the Lees and Lias doctors learned some valuable lessons. The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down is an excellent read. I would recommend that everyone read this book especially people whose professions requires them to do extensive work with people from different backgrounds and cultures.