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Author : John Z. Bowers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Medicine and Society in China written by John Z. Bowers and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yüan-ling Chao
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9781433103810
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Medicine and Society in Late Imperial China written by Yüan-ling Chao and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2009 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicine and Society in Late Imperial China explores the vibrant medical landscape in late imperial China (1600-1850), focusing on one of the most cultured and elegant cities in the lower Yangzi region, Suzhou. The central theme of the book is that the economic prosperity and intellectual vibrancy of late imperial Jiangnan fostered the emergence of a community of physicians who engaged in lively debates concerning qualifications and practice, leading to a growing sense of identity and new ways of theorizing and practicing medicine. It shows that the classical medical tradition interacted in a fluid relationship with both the state and the folk traditions. Medicine and Society in Late Imperial China is divided into two parts. Part I provides a broad framework on the discourse on the ideal physician, as well as examining the sanhuang miao (Temple of the Three Emperors) and challenges to existing medical theories by the wenbing (warm factor) school. Part II focuses on Suzhou physicians and their writings within the broad medical tradition, illustrates a local perspective of medicine's relationship with the state through an examination of the outbreak of epidemics in Suzhou, and discusses the development of the fields of specialties in medicine.
Author : Volker Scheid
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822383713
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)
Download or read book Chinese Medicine in Contemporary China written by Volker Scheid and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2002-06-12 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a traditional healing art that has established a contemporary global presence, Chinese medicine defies categories and raises many interesting questions. If Chinese medicine is "traditional," why has it not disappeared with the rest of traditional Chinese society? If, as some claim, it is a science, what does that imply about what we call science? What is the secret of Chinese medicine's remarkable adaptability that has allowed it to prosper for more than 2,000 years? In Chinese Medicine in Contemporary China Volker Scheid presents an ethnography of Chinese medicine that seeks to answer these questions, but his ethnography is informed by some atypical approaches. Scheid, a medical anthropologist and practitioner of Chinese medicine in practice since 1983, has produced an ethnography that accepts plurality as an intrinsic and nonreducible aspect of medical practice. It has been widely noted that a patient visiting ten different practitioners of Chinese medicine may receive ten different prescriptions for the same complaint, yet many of these various treatments may be effective. In attempting to illuminate the plurality in Chinese medical practice, Scheid redefines-and in some cases abandons-traditional anthropological concepts such as tradition, culture, and practice in favor of approaches from disciplines such as science and technology studies, social psychology, and Chinese philosophy. As a result, his book sheds light not only on Chinese medicine but also on the Western academic traditions used to examine it and presents us with new perspectives from which to deliberate the future of Chinese medicine in a global context. Chinese Medicine in Contemporary China is the product of two decades of research including numerous interviews and case studies. It will appeal to a western academic audience as well as practitioners of Chinese medicine and other interested medical professionals, including those from western biomedicine.
Author : Paul U. Unschuld
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520266137
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Medicine in China written by Paul U. Unschuld and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first comprehensive and analytical study of therapeutic concepts and practices in China, Paul Unschuld traced the history of documented health care from its earliest extant records to present developments. This edition is updated with a new preface which details the immense ideological intersections between Chinese and European medicines in the past 25 years.
Author : Rockefeller Foundation. China medical commission
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Medicine in China written by Rockefeller Foundation. China medical commission and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Z. Bowers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (729 download)
Download or read book Medicine and Society in China written by John Z. Bowers and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harold Balme
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (749 download)
Download or read book China and Modern Medicine written by Harold Balme and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Liu Lihong
Publisher : The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
ISBN 13 : 9882370578
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (823 download)
Download or read book Classical Chinese Medicine written by Liu Lihong and published by The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. This book was released on 2019-04-19 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The English edition of Liu Lihong’s milestone work is a sublime beacon for the profession of Chinese medicine in the 21st century. Classical Chinese Medicine delivers a straightforward critique of the politically motivated “integration” of traditional Chinese wisdom with Western science during the last sixty years, and represents an ardent appeal for the recognition of Chinese medicine as a science in its own right. Professor Liu’s candid presentation has made this book a bestseller in China, treasured not only by medical students and doctors, but by vast numbers of non-professionals who long for a state of health and well-being that is founded in a deeper sense of cultural identity. Oriental medicine education has made great strides in the West since the 1970s, but clear guidelines regarding the “traditional” nature of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) remain undefined. Classical Chinese Medicine not only delineates the educational and clinical problems faced by the profession in both East and West, but transmits concrete and inspiring guidance on how to effectively engage with ancient texts and designs in the postmodern age. Using the example of the Shanghanlun (Treatise on Cold Damage), one of the most important Chinese medicine classics, Liu Lihong develops a compelling roadmap for holistic medical thinking that links the human body to nature and the universe at large.
Author : Boying Ma
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9813238003
Total Pages : 1320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)
Download or read book History Of Medicine In Chinese Culture, A (In 2 Volumes) written by Boying Ma and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 1320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book set covers the last 3000 years of Chinese Medicine, as a broadly flowing river, from its source to its mouth. It takes the story from the very beginnings in proto-scientific China to the modern age, with a wealth of historical and cultural detail. It is unique in presenting many anecdotes, sayings, and excerpts from the traditional classics.The content is organized into four parts. Part one focuses on the medical activities in Chinese primitive society and the characteristic features of the witchcraft stage of medicine. Part two traces the progress of Chinese medicine as it entered the stage of natural philosophy. It also discusses how other aspects of philosophy, religion, and politics influenced Chinese medical theory and practice at the time. Chinese medicine, having a kind of social existence, was also impacted by the natural and social environment, and multiple cultural factors. Some of these factors are discussed in Part three. The last part concludes by examining the cultural process of Chinese medicine in history and offers a glimpse into the future of Chinese Medicine.
Author : Rockefeller Foundation. China Medical Board
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Medicine in China written by Rockefeller Foundation. China Medical Board and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Ulrich Unschuld
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520050259
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Medicine in China written by Paul Ulrich Unschuld and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unschuld provides a description and analysis of the contents and structure of traditional Chinese pharmaceutical literature. Unschuld has selected some one hundred titles in this far-reaching study.
Author : John Z. Bowers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Medicine and Society in China written by John Z. Bowers and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chieko Nakajima
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 1684175909
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (841 download)
Download or read book Body, Society, and Nation written by Chieko Nakajima and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Body, Society, and Nation tells the story of China’s unfolding modernity by exploring the changing ideas, practices, and systems related to health and body in late nineteenth- and twentieth-century Shanghai. The pursuit of good health loomed large in Chinese political, social, and economic life. Yet, “good health” had a range of associations beyond individual well-being. It was also an integral part of Chinese nation-building, a goal of charitable activities, a notable outcome of Western medical science, a marker of modern civilization, and a commercial catchphrase. With the advent of Western powers, Chinese notions about personal hygiene and the body gradually expanded. This transformation was complicated by indigenous medical ideas, preexisting institutions and social groups, and local cultures and customs.This study explores the many ways that members of the various strata of Shanghai society experienced and understood multiple meanings of health and body within their everyday lives. Chieko Nakajima traces the institutions they established, the regulations they implemented, and the practices they brought to the city as part of efforts to promote health. In doing so, she explains how local practices and customs fashioned and constrained public health and, in turn, how hygienic modernity helped shape and develop local cultures and influenced people’s behavior."
Author : Arthur Kleinman
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 874 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book Medicine in Chinese Cultures written by Arthur Kleinman and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yi Hu
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642399827
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (423 download)
Download or read book Rural Health Care Delivery written by Yi Hu and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diseases are everyday, ordinary occurrences intimately related to people’s daily lives. However, as the metaphor of the “Sick Man of East Asia” emerged against the backdrop of a weak modern China, health care and the curing of diseases were turned into grand state politics with far-reaching implications. This book, starting with the argument for diseases being metaphors, describes and interprets such incidents in China’s history as the Abolishment of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Patriotic Hygiene Campaign and the Cooperative Medical Services. In an effort to reveal the internal logic of disease politics in the transformation of the state-people relationship, the book analyzes key aspects including the politicization and inclusion of diseases in state governance, the double disciplining of hygiene, legitimacy construction of the state, the remaking of the nationals, and the expansion of the “publicness” of the state. The book argues that disease politics in modern China has developed following the path from nationals to the people, and then to citizens, or from crisis politics and mobilization politics to life politics. In addition, a marked change has occurred in China’s state building: increasingly standard, rationalized and institutionalized means have been employed while the non-standard means, such as large-scale mobilization and ideological coercion, had been historically used in China.
Author : Internatio Fogarty International Center
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781410223098
Total Pages : 824 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Medicine in Chinese Cultures written by Internatio Fogarty International Center and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book consists of papers and discussions contributed to a conference, Comparative Study of Traditional and Modern Medicine in Chinese Societies, sponsored by the University of Washington and the Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, and held in Seattle, Washington, February 4-6, 1974. The papers have been revised by the participants and the discussions condensed by the editors. The editors have written introductions for each section, changed the format of presentations to make them more readable and have provided an Introduction and Epilogue. It is hoped the book reflects the excitement that the organizers and participants felt about the conference, and it is believed it will contribute to both the major themes of the conference: Understanding medicine in Chinese culture, and comparative cross-cultural studies of medicine. The conference was characterized by interchanges by social scientists and physicians, China scholars, and students of other cultures and systems of medicine, whose scholarly concerns constantly were intermixed with practical questions about health care.
Author : Yanhua Zhang
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791480593
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)
Download or read book Transforming Emotions with Chinese Medicine written by Yanhua Zhang and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinese medicine approaches emotions and emotional disorders differently than the Western biomedical model. Transforming Emotions with Chinese Medicine offers an ethnographic account of emotion-related disorders as they are conceived, talked about, experienced, and treated in clinics of Chinese medicine in contemporary China. While Chinese medicine (zhongyi) has been predominantly categorized as herbal therapy that treats physical disorders, it is also well known that Chinese patients routinely go to zhongyi clinics for treatment of illness that might be diagnosed as psychological or emotional in the West. Through participant observation, interviews, case studies, and zhongyi publications, both classic and modern, the author explores the Chinese notion of "body-person," unravels cultural constructions of emotion, and examines the way Chinese medicine manipulates body-mind connections.
