This is a study of traditional medical education in the People's Republic of China. The author became a disciple of a scholarly private practitioner, a Qigong master; attended courses given by a senior acupuncturist and masseur; and studied with undergraduates at the Yunnan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, where the standardized knowledge of official Chinese medicine is inculcated. She compares theories and practices of these different Chinese medical traditions, and her fascinating insider's account of traditional medical practices brings out the way in which the context of...
This is a study of traditional medical education in the People's Republic of China. The author became a disciple of a scholarly private practitioner, ...
Published as part of The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series, and through a series of thought-provoking articles, Wind, Life, Health: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives examines the richness of human ideas surrounding wind in all its manifestations - breath, spirit, sentiment, life, and health.
Examines the richness of human ideas and practices surrounding wind, life, and health
Features articles covering a wide range of themes including landscape, weather, body, perception, emplacement, climate, seasons,...
Published as part of The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series, and through a series of thought-provoking ar...
This collection brings together three generations of medical anthropologists working at European universities to reflect on past, current and future directions of the field. Medical anthropology emerged on an international playing ground, and while other recently compiled anthologies emphasize North American developments, this volume highlights substantial ethnographic and theoretical studies undertaken in Europe. The first four chapters trace the beginnings of medical anthropology back into the two formative decades between the 1950s-1970s in Italy, German-speaking Europe, the...
This collection brings together three generations of medical anthropologists working at European universities to reflect on past, current and futur...
