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Asian Medicine and Globalization

Author : Joseph S. Alter
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812205251
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Asian Medicine and Globalization written by Joseph S. Alter and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medical systems function in specific cultural contexts. It is common to speak of the medicine of China, Japan, India, and other nation-states. Yet almost all formalized medical systems claim universal applicability and, thus, are ready to cross the cultural boundaries that contain them. There is a critical tension, in theory and practice, in the ways regional medical systems are conceptualized as "nationalistic" or inherently transnational. This volume is concerned with questions and problems created by the friction between nationalism and transnationalism at a time when globalization has greatly complicated the notion of cultural, political, and economic boundedness. Offering a range of perspectives, the contributors address questions such as: How do states concern themselves with the modernization of "traditional" medicine? How does the global hegemony of science enable the nationalist articulation of alternative medicine? How do global discourses of science and "new age" spirituality facilitate the transnationalization of "Asian" medicine? As more and more Asian medical practices cross boundaries into Western culture through the popularity of yoga and herbalism, and as Western medicine finds its way east, these systems of meaning become inextricably interrelated. These essays consider the larger implications of transmissions between cultures.

Drug Discovery and Traditional Chinese Medicine

Author : Yuan Lin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 146151455X
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (615 download)

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Download or read book Drug Discovery and Traditional Chinese Medicine written by Yuan Lin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "First International Conference on Traditional Chinese Medicine: Science, Regulation and Globalization" was held from August 30 to September 2, 2000 at the University of Maryland at College Park, Maryland. There were approximately 250 participants from the Peoples Republic of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the United States. This objective of this conference was to promote international collaboration for the modernization of Traditional Chinese herbal medicines (TCM) and their introduction into the global health care system. It was mainly sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China and the NllI National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). It was organized by Dr. William Tai, then director of the Institute of Global Chinese Affairs at the University of Maryland and Dr. Yuan Lin, president of Marco Polo Technologies, Bethesda, MD. This conference was conceived by Dr. Tai two years earlier recognizing that this was an appropriate time and also the unique location of the University of Maryland. Today, there is a growing recognition of the of alternative medicine in modem societies and the rapid loss of importance knowledge about traditional methods for the treatment of the multitude of human illnesses found throughout the world. TCM has been in common use in China for thousands of years; and many of its formulations are well defined.

The Globalization of China’s Health Industry

Author : Marco R. Di Tommaso
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303046671X
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)

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Book Synopsis The Globalization of China’s Health Industry by : Marco R. Di Tommaso

Download or read book The Globalization of China’s Health Industry written by Marco R. Di Tommaso and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-03 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the ongoing transition of China’s economy by examining how its healthcare industry is growing and changing. The coronavirus pandemic has reinforced one of the authors' key points: in our complex, fragile, and interconnected societies, the production of health is a vital strategic ‘industry’. The case of China is particularly salient, because of its economic and geopolitical significance, and the scale of the healthcare challenge it has faced. Adopting a multi-level perspective, the authors examine the entrepreneurial role of the Chinese government as it seeks to strengthen the competitiveness of domestic firms. They analyze the strategies employed to improve China’s technology and capacity for innovation, and discuss China’s strategies and policies to ensure knowledge acquisition and creation in the long-term, with particular reference to international scientific collaborations. This book is a must-read for students, researchers, and policymakers interested in the prospects and challenges posed by the growth of the Chinese healthcare industry and its global impact.

Analyzing the Globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicine Through a Cultural and Institutional Lens

Author : Sterling Weiser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (889 download)

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Download or read book Analyzing the Globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicine Through a Cultural and Institutional Lens written by Sterling Weiser and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: In the continuously developing world of modern medicine, traditional medicines have begun to lag behind and disappear from the medical community. However, in China, Traditional Chinese Medicine, (TCM,) continues to persist in the face of debates, societal and environmental changes as well as global condemnation. In spite of all this, the Chinese government has set up protective measures to defend TCM from these outside influences, but in doing so has harmed their credibility in the global theater. Critics of TCM say it should be destroyed because its lack of scientific explanations, however these critics have jumped to conclusions; it is currently impossible to say TCM is unscientific or not because of a lack of evidence. The laws and regulations surrounding TCM domestically have created an unscientific process of maintaining its continued appearance in the Chinese market, resulting in a lack of credible evidence. These lax regulations, while intended to protect the cultural relic that is TCM, have raised questions lately about the safety and efficacy of the medicine, adversely affecting the global opinion on the topic of traditional methods. The oral and experiential traditions of TCM can no longer be used as the answer to questions of TCM in a global society. In addition, TCM has become a means of soft power for the Chinese, albeit ineffective due to the lack of evidence for or against its continued existence. With the 1996 decision to Open up the FDA, China began to emphasize TCM as a viable means of soft power. However the failure of the resolution to get TCM on the American market and to give it a place of its own pushed TCM into a state of in-betweeness, where the west did not want it, and China did not want to take it back. In order to put TCM back into a respectable position while saving face for China, this thesis intends to analyze the problems TCM faces while providing a remedy to the 100 year long scar on the face of TCM.

China and the Globalization of Biomedicine

Author : David Luesink
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1580469426
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book China and the Globalization of Biomedicine written by David Luesink and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that developments in biomedicine in China should be at the center of our understanding of biomedicine, not at the periphery

WTO, Globalization and China's Health Care System

Author : Xiaowan Wang
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230286968
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book WTO, Globalization and China's Health Care System written by Xiaowan Wang and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-08-06 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers the key sectors of China's health care system after its entrance into the WTO, including the pharmaceutical industry, health insurance services, and hospitals in terms of policies, legal framework and market potential. It offers a critical analysis of the impact of the WTO and globalization on China's health care.

Translation at Work

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004387730
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Translation at Work written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-01-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medical ideas and practices originating in China became entangled in the activities of other places through processes of alteration once known as translatio. Recognition of differences provoked creative responses in Japan, the imperial court, and Enlightenment Europe.

Chinese Medicine Men

Author : Sherman Cochran
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674021617
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (216 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Medicine Men written by Sherman Cochran and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2006-05-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cochran reconsiders the nature and role of consumer culture in the spread of globalization and illuminates enduring features of the Chinese experience of consumer culture. The history of Chinese medicine men in pre-socialist China, he suggests, has relevance for the 21st century because they achieved goals that resonate with their successors today.

Global Movements, Local Concerns

Author : Laurence Monnais-Rousselot
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Global Movements, Local Concerns written by Laurence Monnais-Rousselot and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors to this volume show how the practices of health in Southeast Asia over the past two centuries were mediated by local medical traditions, colonial interests, range of health agents and intermediaries.

Chinese Medicine Men

Author : Sherman Cochran
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674021614
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Medicine Men written by Sherman Cochran and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2006-05-30 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cochran reconsiders the nature and role of consumer culture in the spread of globalization and illuminates enduring features of the Chinese experience of consumer culture. The history of Chinese medicine men in pre-socialist China, he suggests, has relevance for the 21st century because they achieved goals that resonate with their successors today.

Circulation and Governance of Asian Medicine

Author : Céline Coderey
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100065091X
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Circulation and Governance of Asian Medicine written by Céline Coderey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-08-29 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book unpacks the organized sets of practices that govern contemporary Asian medicine, from production of medications in the lab to their circulation within circuits and networks of all kinds, and examines the plurality of actors involved in such governance. Chapters analyze the process of industrialization and commercialization of Asian medicine and the ways in which the expansion of the market in Asian medicines has contributed to the inscription of products within a large system of governance, greatly dominated by global actors and the biomedical hegemony. At the same time, the contributors argue that local actors continue to play a major role in reshaping the regulations and their implementation, thus complexifying the trajectory of the remedies and their natures. Examining in particular the plurality of actors involved in governance and circulation, and the converging or conflicting logics actors follow in regard to negotiations and tensions that arise, the book brings a unique multi-layered contribution to the study of governance and circulation of Asian medicines, offering further proof of their fluidity and resilience. Filling a significant gap in the market by addressing circulation and governance of Asian medicines in Asian countries, including Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Singapore, this book will be of interest to students and scholars in the field of Asian studies, Asian culture and society, global health, Asian medicine, and medical anthropology.

Other-Worldly

Author : Mei Zhan
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822392135
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Other-Worldly written by Mei Zhan and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2009-11-09 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional Chinese medicine is often portrayed as an enduring system of therapeutic knowledge that has become globalized in recent decades. In Other-Worldly, Mei Zhan argues that the discourses and practices called “traditional Chinese medicine” are made through, rather than prior to, translocal encounters and entanglements. Zhan spent a decade following practitioners, teachers, and advocates of Chinese medicine through clinics, hospitals, schools, and grassroots organizations in Shanghai and the San Francisco Bay Area. Drawing on that ethnographic research, she demonstrates that the everyday practice of Chinese medicine is about much more than writing herbal prescriptions and inserting acupuncture needles. “Traditional Chinese medicine” is also made and remade through efforts to create a preventive medicine for the “proletariat world,” reinvent it for cosmopolitan middle-class aspirations, produce clinical “miracles,” translate knowledge and authority, and negotiate marketing strategies and medical ethics. Whether discussing the presentation of Chinese medicine at a health fair sponsored by a Silicon Valley corporation, or how the inclusion of a traditional Chinese medicine clinic authenticates the “California” appeal of an upscale residential neighborhood in Shanghai, Zhan emphasizes that unexpected encounters and interactions are not anomalies in the structure of Chinese medicine. Instead, they are constitutive of its irreducibly complex and open-ended worlds. Zhan proposes an ethnography of “worlding” as an analytic for engaging and illuminating emergent cultural processes such as those she describes. Rather than taking “cultural difference” as the starting point for anthropological inquiries, this analytic reveals how various terms of difference—for example, “traditional,” “Chinese,” and “medicine”—are invented, negotiated, and deployed translocally. Other-Worldly is a theoretically innovative and ethnographically rich account of the worlding of Chinese medicine.

Integrating East Asian Medicine into Contemporary Healthcare E-Book

Author : Volker Scheid
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 0702048364
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Integrating East Asian Medicine into Contemporary Healthcare E-Book written by Volker Scheid and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional East Asian healthcare systems have moved rapidly from the fringes of healthcare systems in the West towards the centre over the past 50 years. This change of status for traditional medicines presents their practitioners with both opportunities and challenges as the focus shifts from one of opposition towards one of integration into biomedically dominated healthcare systems. Integrating East Asian Medicine into Contemporary Healthcare examines the opportunities and challenges of integrating East Asian medicine into Western healthcare systems from an interdisciplinary perspective. Volker Scheid and Hugh MacPherson bring together contributions from acknowledged experts from a number of different disciplines - including clinical researchers, Chinese Medicine practitioners, historians, medical anthropologists, experts in the social studies of science, technology and medicine - to examine and debate the impact of the evidence-based medicine movement on the ongoing modernization of East Asian medicines. The book considers the following questions: •What are the values, goals and ethics implicit within traditional East Asian medical practices? • What claims to effectiveness and safety are made by East Asian medical practices? •What is at stake in subjecting these medical practices to biomedical models of evaluation? • What constitutes best practice? How is it to be defined and measured? • What are the ideologies and politics behind the process of integration of East Asian medical practices into modern health care systems? • What can we learn from a variety of models of integration into contemporary healthcare?

Health Care Reform and Globalisation

Author :
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415691087
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book Health Care Reform and Globalisation written by and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative book provides a timely analysis addressing radical health care change in the context of post-Cold War, post financial crisis era, globalisation.

Asia's Role in Governing Global Health

Author : Kelley Lee
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415503434
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book Asia's Role in Governing Global Health written by Kelley Lee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the neglected question of the impact of a rising Asia on the management of transboundary health problems. The chapters examine the role played by Asia in the governance of a range of global health issues and are tied together by a common focus on Asian countries' use of the sovereignty principle. In addition, the contributors examine the interaction between global, regional and domestic institutions, and present current ideas in Asia on the challenge of governing global health.

Symposium of Global Development on Chinese Medicine

Author : Hospital Authority (Hong Kong, China)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (227 download)

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Download or read book Symposium of Global Development on Chinese Medicine written by Hospital Authority (Hong Kong, China) and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gender and Globalization in Asia and the Pacific

Author : Kathy E. Ferguson
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824831594
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Book Synopsis Gender and Globalization in Asia and the Pacific by : Kathy E. Ferguson

Download or read book Gender and Globalization in Asia and the Pacific written by Kathy E. Ferguson and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is globalization? How is it gendered? How does it work in Asia and the Pacific? The authors of the sixteen original and innovative essays presented here take fresh stock of globalization’s complexities. They pursue critical feminist inquiry about women, gender, and sexualities and produce original insights into changing life patterns in Asian and Pacific Island societies. Each essay puts the lives and struggles of women at the center of its examination while weaving examples of global circuits in Asian and Pacific societies into a world frame of analysis. The work is generated from within Asian and Pacific spaces, bringing to the fore local voices and claims to knowledge. The geographic emphasis on Asia/Pacific highlights the complexity of globalizing practices among specific people whose dilemmas come alive on these pages. Although the book focuses on global, gendered flows, it expands its investigation to include the media and the arts, intellectual resources, activist agendas, and individual life stories. First-rate ethnographies and interviews reach beyond generalizations and bring Pacific and Asian women and men alive in their struggles against globalization. Globalization cannot be summed up in a neat political agenda but must be actively contested and creatively negotiated. Taking feminist political thinking beyond simple oppositions, the authors ask specific questions about how global practices work, how they come to be, who benefits, and what is at stake. Contributors: Nancie Caraway, Steve Derné, Cynthia Enloe, Kathy Ferguson, Maria Ibarra, Gwyn Kirk, Sally Merry, Virginia Metaxas, Min Dongchao, Monique Mironesco, Rhacel Parrenas, Lucinda Peach, Vivian Price, Jyoti Puri, Judith Raiskin, Nancy Riley, Saskia Sassen, Teresia Teaiwa, Chris Yano, Yau Ching.