Knowing Practice - The Clinical Encounter of Chinese Medicine

This book examines the theory and practice of traditional medicine in modern China. It describes the logic of diagnosis and treatment from the inside perspective of doctors and scholars, and demonstrates how theoretical and textual materials interweave with the practical requirements of the clinic.

List of contents

Introduction: “We Take Practice to Be Our Guide” -- Chinese Medicine as Institutional Object and Historical Moment -- Preliminary Orientations -- The Clinical Encounter Observed -- Description and Analysis in Kanbing -- The Syndrome-Therapy Pivot -- Remanifesting the Syndrome and Qualifying the Therapy -- Classification, Specificity, History, and Action -- Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Chinese and Pharmaceutical Names of Drugs Used in Cases 1-3 -- Glossary of Chinese Terms -- About the Book and Author

About the author

Judith Farquhar

Summary

This book examines the theory and practice of traditional medicine in modern China. It describes the logic of diagnosis and treatment from the inside perspective of doctors and scholars, and demonstrates how theoretical and textual materials interweave with the practical requirements of the clinic.

Product details

• Authors: Judith Farquhar, Farquhar Judith, Judith Farquhctr
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.02.1996
• EAN: 9780813330167
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-3016-7
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: Studies in the Ethnographic Im
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Holistic medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, General practice, MEDICAL / Alternative & Complementary Medicine, MEDICAL / Practice Management & Reimbursement, complementary medicine, General Practice / Family Medicine, Complementary and alternative medicine and therapies