Required Reading: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures (Anne Fadiman) Research Paper: Hmong in the US illustrate vividly the potential pitfalls of cultural miscommunication because they differ significantly from the dominant culture in terms of religious and health benefits. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down should be a challenge to others to develop other compelling cultural narratives with the same depth and skill. Construct a research paper that looks at the values attributed or denied to culture in the care setting as defined by Western medicine based on the reading of literary journalist Anne Fadimans The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. – Minimum of 5 pages – APA format – Minimum of 3 scholarly journal articles as supporting evidence
