L48 Anthro 3283 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Anne Fadiman, Valproate, Global Health
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Spirit catches, pages 3 - 11, 20 59 [not-yet-tested, from previous unit] angor animi: soul anguish , premonition before a seizure. Dan murphy: the man who was able to correctly diagnose lia, transplant to merced who had learned a lot about hmong culture. Gives them set of instructions but in english, so hard to follow. Epilepsy: what lia has, mistaken for pneumonia, more than a medical problem to. Foua & nao kao: mom and dad of lia lee. Hmong: the tribe family belonged to, had various believes and rituals. Distrustful of western medicine, medical techniques seem offensive. Merced: family spent first 15 years here, place in ca where lees live. Merced community medical center modern public hospital that serves an agricultural county, sometimes insulted tribal beliefs of hmong. Nationally recognized teaching hospital for university of california, but unprepared for refugees because 20% of city now hmong and do not speak.
