Read The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Online
Authors: Anne Fadiman
Tags: #Social Science, #Anthropology, #Cultural, #Disease & Health Issues
acupuncture
Air America
Air Force, U.S.
Aleman, John
Allman, T. D.
American Academy of Family Physicians
Americanization
animal sacrifice
antibiotics
Anti-Chinese Association of Merced
anticonvulsants,
see specific drugs
Apgar score
Arias, Raquel
Armée Clandestine
Ativan
BaFá BaFá (simulation game)
Ban Vinai refugee camp
Befriend-a-Refugee Program
Bernatzik, Hugo Adolf
Bertrais, Yves
Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (1972)
Bliatout, Bruce Thowpaou
breech birth
British East India Company
Buell, Edgar “Pop,”
Bunch, Effie
Burma
California, University of: at Berkeley, at Davis
California Custom Social Services
California Department of Human Resources
California Department of Motor Vehicles
California Department of Social Services
California Southeast Asian Mental Health Needs Assessment
Callahan, Teresa
Cambodia, refugees from
Carroll, Lewis
Carter, Jimmy
Carter, Stephen L.
Center for Applied Linguistics
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Central Pacific Railroad
Chao Fa (Lords of the Sky)
chemical weapons
Cheng clan
Ch’ien-lung, Emperor of China
Child Protective Services (CPS)
China: Hmong in, opium introduced to, People’s Republic of
Chinese-Vietnamese refugees
Christianity, conversion to, fundamentalist
Christian Science Monitor
Christian Scientists
clans
Clifford, Clark
Coelho, Tony
Collazo, Yasmin
conjoint treatment
Conquergood, Dwight
contraception
Cooper, Robert
cross-cultural medicine
Crouse, Vonda
Crystal, Eric
Culhane-Pera, Kathleen Ann
Cullen, John
Dab Neeg Hmoob: Myths, Legends and Folk Tales from the Hmong of Laos
(Johnson)
dabs
(spirits), animal sacrifices to appease, illness caused by, and New Year celebration, Shee Yee and, soul-stealing, and Sudden Unexpected Death Syndrome, and taboo on foretelling death
Dao, Yang,
see
Yang Dao
Defense Department, U.S.
DeLay, Paul
dengue fever
Denver Developmental Screening Test
Depakene
dermal treatments
developmental deficits
Dien Bien Phu, Battle of
Dilantin, side effects of
dobutamine
dopamine
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
Douglas, Benny
Douglas, Eugene
Dunnigan, Timothy
ectopic pregnancy
Egeland Mother-Child Rating Scale
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England
Elmhurst Hospital Center (Queens, N.Y.)
Emanuel Medical Center (Turlock)
epinephrine
Eppley, Judith
Ernst, Neil, and catastrophic seizure, communication difficulties with Lia’s parents, on cost of Lia’s treatment, on developmental deficits, and foster care placement and Foua’s pregnancy, Hilt and, leukemia of son of, on nosocomial infection, and prescription of Depakene, and septic shock, and traditional healing
Ernst, Toby
Estevez, Luis
faith healing
Fang, Thai
Fang clan
Farr, Francesca
febrile seizures
Fife, Roger
Finck, John
Flaubert, Gustave
Ford Motor Company
Forster, E. M.
France: Hmong in, Indochinese colonies of
French Guiana
Fresno State University
Frontline
Gaddis, John Lewis
gangs
Garcia, Dominica
Geddes, William Robert
Geneva Accords on Indochina (1954)
Geneva Conference (1961–62)
Geneva Convention on status of refugees (1951)
Geneva Protocol on chemical weapons (1925)
grand mal seizures
Greeks, ancient
Gulf War
Haig, Alexander
Hamilton-Merritt, Jane
Han dynasty
Hang clan
harelip
Hartwig, Kris
Harvard University, Medical School
Harwood, Jan
Hawkes, Phillip
Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of
Helms, Richard
Hennepin County Medical Center
Her, Doua
Her, Koua
Her, Pa Kao
Her, Soua
herbalism
Her clan
Hider, Michael
Highland Lao Initiative
Hilt, Jeanine, death of, and foster care placement, and Lia’s return home in persistent vegetative state
Hin Heup Massacre
Hippocrates
History of the Hmong
(Mottin)
Hmong: agricultural practices of, animal sacrifices of, attitude toward children of, beliefs about epilepsy of, and bridging of cross-cultural gulf, calendar of, childbirth among, childhood mortality rate of, in Laos, child-rearing practices of, in China, clan names of, clothing of, under communists, dance of, escape from Laos of, folktales of, and foster care placement, under French colonial rule, funeral customs of, hierarchy of, intermarriage among, marriage customs of, and MCMC, in Merced, Merced health department and, migration to Indochina of, Murphy and, names of, New Year celebration of, opium cultivation by, oral narratives of, preference for sons among, in refugee camps, repatriation of, resettlement in U.S. of, somatization among, soul-calling ceremonies of, stature of, taboos among, textile arts, of,
see paj ntaub
; traditional medicine of, Waller and, during war in Laos, Western accounts of, and Western medicine
Hmong National Development
Hoang-ti, Emperor of China
Ho Chi Minh
holism
hu plig, see
soul-calling ceremonies
Hutchison, Terry
Hutterites
hyperactivity
Ik
Immigration and Naturalization Service
immunizations
Indochinese Psychiatry Clinic (Boston)
infant mortality
International Organization for Migration
International Rescue Committee
Internet
isoniazid
Jackson, Robert
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Jesuits
Johnson, Charles
Johnson, Lyndon B.
Johnson, U. Alexis
Journal of Ethnobiology
Karen
Kee, Moua,
see
Moua Kee
Kennedy, John F.
Khang, Maj. Wang Seng
Khmer Rouge
Khmu
Kierkegaard, Søren
Kilgore, Martin
Kirton, Elizabeth
Kissinger, Henry
Kleinman, Arthur
Kong clan
Kopacz, Maciej
Korda, Dee
Korda, Julie
Korda, Maria
Korda, Tom
Korda, Wendy
Kue clan
!Kung
Language and Orientation Resource Center
Lao
Lao Family Community
Laos, under communists, French colonial rule of, migration of Hmong to, refugees from (
and see specific ethnic groups
); war in
Lee, Cha Koua
Lee, Cheng
Lee, Chong
Lee, Evelyn
Lee, Ge
Lee, Joua Chai
Lee, Kia
Lee, Lia, begins suffering seizures birth of, brain damage diagnosed in, catastrophic seizure suffered by, developmental deficits of, foster placement of, and gulf between traditional and Western medicine, healing ceremony for Hilt’s relationship with, and Hmong beliefs about epilepsy, hospitalized at MCMC, hyperactivity of, medical records of, medication regimen for, obesity of, as parents’ favorite, in persistent vegetative state, returned to parents, septic shock suffered by, soul-calling ceremonies for, state coverage of medical care of, in status epilepticus, traditional medicine for, at Valley Children’s Hospital
Lee, Mai
Lee, May
Lee, Nao Kao, arrival in U.S. of, brings Lia home, cares for Lia in persistent vegetative state, and catastrophic seizure, court order obtained by, and cousin’s arrival in U.S., Dan Murphy and, description of village in Laos by, distrust of Western medicine, escapes from Laos, and foster care placement, group ethic of, gulf between Western medicine and beliefs of, health problems of, Hilt’s relationship with, during hospitalizations, Lia as favorite child of, Lia returned to, and Lia’s birth, and Lia’s obesity, at MCMC emergency room, and medication regimen, during
neeb
ceremony, in refugee camp, and soul-calling ceremony, and traditional medicine for Lia
Lee, Pang
Lee, Phua
Lee, True
Lee, Yee
Lee, Yer
Lee, Zoua
Lee clan
Lemoine, Jacques
Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
levirate marriage
Life
magazine
Lincoln Hospital (Bronx, N.Y.)
Lippert, Sunny
Lo clan
Lor, Yeng
Lor clan
Lue, Lt. Ly
Lundman, Ian
Lunney, Pat
Ly, Pheng
Ly clan
Mae Jarim refugee camp
Magaillans, Gabriel de
Mai, Vue
managed care
Manchu dynasty
Marciel, Evelyn
Marino, Karen
McDoniel, John
McKown v. Lundman
McMahon, Jeff
Medi-Cal
Medically Indigent Adult program
Medicare
Mennonites
Merced Chamber of Commerce
Merced College
Merced Community Medical Center (MCMC), catastrophic seizure at, and foster care placement, Hmong at, interpreters at, Lia admitted to, Lia’s birth at, outpatient care for Lia in persistent vegetative state at, and traditional healing
Merced Community Outreach Services
Merced County Anti-Japanese Association
Merced County Health Department
Merced County Mental Health Department
Merced County Office of Refugee Services
Merced Human Services Agency
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
Meselson, Matthew
Metropolitan State University
Middle Ages
Mien
Migrants of the Mountains
(Geddes)
Ming dynasty
Minnesota, University of
Mitchell, Roger
Mochel, Marilyn
Mockus, Mari
Mollica, Richard
Mongolian spot
Mormons
Morris, Eric E.
Mottin, Jean
Moua, Blia Yao
Moua, Chong
Moua, Dang
Moua, Yia
Moua clan
Moua Kee
Murphy, Cindy
Murphy, Dan
Nam Yao refugee camp
National Institute of Mental Health
Nationalities Service of Central California
Native Americans
neeb
ceremonies
Neo Hom (United Laotian National Liberation Front)
New Yorker
New York Times
nitroprusside
Nixon, Richard M.
Nord, Steve
Ntuj Khaib Huab
(mythical Hmong homeland)
Office of Refugee Resettlement, U.S.
Olmos, Karen
opium production
Oregon Human Resources Department
Osler, William
Other Side of the Asian American Success Story, The
(Walker-Moffat)
paj ntaub
(embroidered cloth)
Pake, Catherine
Palauans
Pao, Vang,
see
Vang Pao, Gen.
Paris Agreement (1973)
Pathet Lao
Peace Corps
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Pennsylvania, University of
Phanat Nikhom refugee camp
phenobarbital, side effects of
Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations
Philp, Peggy, cares for Lia after brain damage, and catastrophic seizure, communication difficulties with Lia’s parents, on development deficits, and foster care placement, and Foua’s pregnancy, leukemia of son of, on nosocomial infection, and prescription of Depakene, and septic shock, and traditional healing
Planned Secondary Resettlement Program
Plasmanate
polygyny
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Proposition
qaug dab peg
(epilepsy)
Quiet War,
see
Laos, war in
rabies
Ranard, Donald
Ratcliff, Martha
Ravens, The
(Robbins)
Reader’s Digest
Reagan, Ronald
Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) program
retardation
retinoblastoma
Rhode Island Office of Refugee Resettlement
Ritalin
Robbins, Christopher
Robinul
Rodriguez, Gloria
role loss
Romans, ancient
Rosenblatt, Lionel
Royal Lao Army
sacrifice, ritual,
see
animal sacrifice
San Francisco General Hospital
Santería
Savang Vatthana, King of Laos
Savina, François Marie
Schelby Center for Special Education
Schneider, Dave
Scott, George M., Jr.
Segerstrom, Steve
Selvidge, Bill, depressed Hmong treated by, Hutchison and, Lia admitted to MCMC by, on Lia’s prognosis after brain damage, Waller and
Senate, U.S.: Armed Services Committee, Judiciary Subcommittee on Refugees and Escapees, Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs
septic shock
shamanism,
see also txiv neebs
Shapler, Robert
Shee Yee, tale of
Singlaub, John
slash-and-burn agriculture,
see
swidden agriculture
Small, Robert