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A cultural broker is in a superior position. A translator is seen as inferior
Feb 25, 2026 06:50PM
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Miriam Vail
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A shaman removes guilt from the patient
Feb 25, 2026 06:55PM
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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
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“Lia was her seizures” little commentary on illness vs disease
Feb 25, 2026 06:37PM
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Miriam Vail
Miriam Vail is 88% done
“The family didn’t do this to the kid. We did.”
Medicine ladies and gentlemen
Feb 25, 2026 06:35PM
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Miriam Vail
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Hang in there Jonas. I feel like a chameleon too
Feb 24, 2026 11:29PM
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I am also small but an adult person
Feb 24, 2026 11:04PM
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Martin is right. The Lees deserved a good lawyer
Feb 24, 2026 10:52PM
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Ah Mormons
Can’t escape them
Feb 22, 2026 11:18PM
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Involuntary migrants tend not to melt
Feb 22, 2026 10:46PM
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures


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Miriam Vail is 63% done
Indoctrination at its finest “I am a good American”
Feb 22, 2026 10:45PM
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures


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