>For our Humanities in Health Care discussion series, I'm in the midst of
>reading _The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down_by Anne Fadiman. It's the
>story of a Hmong family in California and their encounters with health care
>professionals with their epileptic baby daughter.

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down_by Anne Fadiman is a *great*
book.
I highly recommend it to all. A story well told with much to teach
us about how we think about birth, bf, parenting, cultures that are
"other" for us.

I imagine that cross nursing is more common than we are aware of or
willing
to admit. It seems a natural thing to do.
Does anyone know of any research on this topic? How about info
on cross nursing in the animal kingdom?

  Naomi Bar-Yam

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