Miriam Vail’s Reviews > The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures > Status Update
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Dr.Fife gets it. Patient autonomy matters. Period. He’s also providing better care as it happens and avoiding procedures with dangerous complications. Give the women their placentas!
— Feb 16, 2026 05:28PM
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Miriam Vail
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A cultural broker is in a superior position. A translator is seen as inferior
— Feb 25, 2026 06:50PM
Miriam Vail
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The 8 questions from kleinman are very helpful. Also, get rid of the term compliance is amazing advice
— Feb 25, 2026 06:46PM
Miriam Vail
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“Lia was her seizures” little commentary on illness vs disease
— Feb 25, 2026 06:37PM
Miriam Vail
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“The family didn’t do this to the kid. We did.”
Medicine ladies and gentlemen
— Feb 25, 2026 06:35PM
Medicine ladies and gentlemen
