This is a picture of Ann Fadinam, the author of the book "The Spirit Catches You and You fall Down"
Click the button below to read an article by New York Times on how the fallout from the case and book (The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down) prompted much soul-searching at the hospital and helped lead to Shaman policy at Mercy Hospital.
This is a picture of Lia's mother at Lia's Lee's funeral
Applied Medical Anthropology was not used in The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. An Interpreter was used but not for the purposes of Cultural Competency since that involves properly interpreting medical diagnoses and form of treatment to be used on the patient and proper conversation between health providers and patients. This was not seen in Lia's case. The interpreter used was a not a trained interpreter.
Critical Medical Anthropology was not used in Lia's case. There was no social relations between Lia's family and the medical team. The family could not get their cultural views across and were also not able to understand the American Health System. The doctors in the first hospital did not try to establish a good relation with Lia's family in order to get to know about their Hmong Culture and whether they agree with the treatment given to Lia.
Critical Medical Anthropology was not used in Lia's case. There was no social relations between Lia's family and the medical team. The family could not get their cultural views across and were also not able to understand the American Health System. The doctors in the first hospital did not try to establish a good relation with Lia's family in order to get to know about their Hmong Culture and whether they agree with the treatment given to Lia.