YOU ARE INVITED
TO A BOOK DISCUSSION!
Monday,
January 27
4:30-6:30 pm
OHSU Student Center
Is it important for
healthcare
professionals to
understand different
cultures?
The student center is
located on SW Campus
Drive next to the Hatfield
building and across the
street from Doernbecher
Children's Hospital.
THE SPIRIT CATCHES YOU
AND YOU FALL DOWN
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down explores the
clash between a small county hospital in California and a
refugee family from Laos over the care of Lia Lee, a Hmong
child diagnosed with severe epilepsy. Lia's parents and her
doctors both wanted what was best for Lia, but the lack of
understanding between them led to tragedy. Winner of the
National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, the Los
Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest, and the
Salon Book Award, Anne Fadiman's compassionate account
of this cultural impasse is literary journalism at its finest.
Is there a place for
traditional medicine
in the western
medicine realm?
Discuss your
experiences with
cultural challenges
in your career.
A
Presented by:
Graduate Programs of
Human Nutrition
Discussion questions for the
evening can be downloaded
from
http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/educ
ation/schools/school-ofmedicine/academicprograms/graduateprograms-human-nutrition/
Snacks will be provided!
Contact Joanna Helm
([email protected]) with
questions.