神灵抓住你，你跌倒
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
Anne Fadiman · 初版 1997 年
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当三个月大的 Lia Lee 被送进加利福尼亚州默塞德县立医院的急诊室时，一连串的事件就此被触发，无论 Lia、她的父母还是医生，都再也无法从中恢复如初。Lia 的父母 Foua 和 Nao Kao 是默塞德庞大苗族社区的一员，他们是在中央情报局于老挝主导的“秘密战争”（Quiet War）中逃离的难民。父母和医生都希望能给 Lia 最好的照顾，但双方对病因及治疗方案的理解却大相径庭。苗族人将疾病与康复视作几乎与宇宙间万物相连的精神问题，而
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……在我看来就像“冰淇淋销量增加导致抢劫案增多”一样荒谬。你提到的关于索马里移民和明尼苏达医疗系统的评论，让我想起了一本我早就淡忘的非常精彩的书，叫《The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down》（中文常译作《亡灵引路人的呼唤》或《当灵媒抓住了你，你就倒下了》）：https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spirit_Catches_You_and_Y...
…ice cream sales causes increased robberies” to me. Your comment about the Somali immigrants and the Minnesota healthcare system reminds me of a really fantastic book I’d long since forgotten called The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spirit_Catches_You_and_Y...
我终于读了《The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down》[1]，它在我的待读清单上躺好些年了。文化/人类学新闻写作往往容易陷入几个坑（要么是对“异域”文化过度追捧，要么是直接斥其为落后），而这本书是……
I finally read The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down[1], which has been on my list for years. Cultural/anthropological journalism tends to fall into a handful of traps (fawning over "exotic" cultures, or dismissing them as backwards), and this is one of…
刚读完 Anne Fadiman 写的《The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down》。写得真的很棒，聚焦于美国医疗体系与苗族文化的碰撞，具体讲述了一个家里有患癫痫幼童的苗族家庭的故事。我喜欢……
just finished The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, by Anne Fadiman. It's a really well-written story looking at the collision of the American Medical System and Hmong culture, specifically one Hmong family who has a young child with epilepsy. I like…
《The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down》，非虚构类作品，讲述现代美国医学与苗族移民之间的文化冲突。作者对双方都展现出了令人惊叹的同理心。
"The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down", non-fiction, about the cultural clash of modern American medicine and Hmong immigrants. The author demonstrates an amazing amount of empathy for both sides.
这是一本人类学著作；作为读者，你应该明白这种叙事框架是主观的。对比一下《The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down》[1]：在前面生硬地加上“自封的”并不能加深对内容的理解，反而只会让作者显得油腔滑调。[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spirit_Catches_You_and_You...
It's an anthropological book; you, as a reader, are expected to understand that the framing is subjective. Compare The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down[1]: tacking "self-proclaimed" on the front doesn't improve any understanding of the contents, and would only make the author come across as smarmy. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spirit_Catches_You_and_You...
……以及患者等等。考虑到当今美国关于疾病控制的复杂甚至往往适得其反的观念，这感觉是一个相当重要的领域。该领域的一本科普读物是《The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down》，讲述了一个有癫痫患儿的苗族家庭与他们医生之间的关系。我记得医学专业的学生经常被指定阅读这本书。
…and patients, etc. Given the complicated and often counterproductive beliefs about disease control in the US today, it feels like a pretty important field. A popular science title from this area is The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, about the relationship between a Hmong family with an epileptic child and their doctors. I think it's often assigned reading for students in the medical professions.