Global Medicine in China - A Diasporic History

Wayne Soon tells the global health story of Overseas Chinese who transformed medicine in China and Taiwan through the practices of military medicine, blood banking, mobile medicine, and mass medical training.

List of contents

Introductory Chapter: Diasporic Medicine

1. Prewar International Strategies

2. Wartime Military Medicine

3. Making Blood Banking Work

4. Transnational Politics of Military Medical Education

5. Reconstructing Biomedicine across the Taiwan Straits

Concluding Chapter: Legacies of Wartime Medicine

About the author

Wayne Soon is Assistant Professor of History at Vassar College.

Summary

Wayne Soon tells the global health story of Overseas Chinese who transformed medicine in China and Taiwan through the practices of military medicine, blood banking, mobile medicine, and mass medical training.

Product details

• Authors: Wayne Soon
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.10.2020
• EAN: 9781503614000
• ISBN: 978-1-5036-1400-0
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous