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
Miriam Vail
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Psychiatrists are “soul doctors” which makes a lot more sense from a Hmong perspective
— 22 hours, 9 min ago
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Miriam Vail
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American are very receipt focused as a people
— 20 hours, 29 min ago
Miriam Vail
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I think Foua takes full credit for this marriage
— 21 hours, 57 min ago
Miriam Vail
is on page 88 of 341
Oh wow so the parents weren’t wrong. This just turns my stomach
— Feb 16, 2026 06:37PM
Miriam Vail
is on page 87 of 341
This welfare vs foster care money discrepancy don’t make sense
— Feb 16, 2026 06:35PM
Miriam Vail
is on page 86 of 341
Thank goodness this was the foster mom she got
— Feb 16, 2026 06:34PM
Miriam Vail
is on page 84 of 341
I do see a definite trend of the Hmong being treated like animals
“Veterinary medicine” and failure to secure adequate interpretation.
— Feb 16, 2026 06:30PM
“Veterinary medicine” and failure to secure adequate interpretation.
Miriam Vail
is on page 79 of 341
Yeah I don’t love “trying to teach the community a lesson” philosophy
— Feb 16, 2026 06:24PM
Miriam Vail
is on page 78 of 341
I firmly believe the best treatment plan is one that a patient will actually agree with
— Feb 16, 2026 06:22PM
Miriam Vail
is on page 76 of 341
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
Miriam Vail
is on page 73 of 341
Oh, not loving this blatant racist behavior from an obstetrician in the 80s, but also I’m not surprised
— Feb 16, 2026 05:19PM
