Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of by Anne Fadiman

3 reviews

mirandahems's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

read as an assignment for a  cultural competency course but i thoroughly enjoyed reading it. a great book, highly suggested for american healthcare workers

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Chronic illness, Gun violence, and War

Moderate: Grief, Hate crime, Animal death, Death, Colonisation, Blood, and Child death

baearles's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Animal death, Blood, Genocide, Chronic illness, Grief, Racism, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, and War

Moderate: Drug use, Fatphobia, Colonisation, and Hate crime

Minor: Racial slurs

ka_cam's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

A fast read for those interested in the subject- some of the wording is dated both in general (the World Wide Web!) and to modern sensibilities (esp around disability and ‘othering’ language), but an interesting examination of when two+ cultures conflict in what is best for a child’s healthcare. I thought the author did a solid job of sharing her positionality and subjectivity - as a white us citizen interacting with Hmong culture and as a non medical professional looking at us medical culture. She also doesn’t hide or obscure the relationship she builds with the Lee family or why various people share they are speaking to her. It didn’t read as an academic text or purely narrative- expect a mix. I think this is a worthwhile book for everyone and especially for those working cross- and inter- culturally on intense and high stakes issues (ie will be sharing with my former colleagues in the DV world).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Medical content, Ableism, War, Violence, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Blood, Misogyny, Body horror, and Animal death

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Genocide, and Fatphobia