Paths to Asian Medical Knowledge

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List of contents

Contributors: Judith Farquhar, Byron Good, Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good, Shigehisa Kuriyama, Carol Laderman, Charles Leslie, Margaret Lock, Mark Nichter, Gananath Obeyesekere, Gary Seaman, Margaret Trawick, Paul U. Unschuld, Francis Zimmermann

About the author

Charles Leslie is Professor of Anthropology and the Humanities at the Center for Science and Culture, University of Delaware. Allan Young is Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Humanities and Social Studies in Medicine, McGill University.

Summary

These essays ask how patients and practitioners know what they know - what evidence of disease or health they consider convincing and what cultural traditions and symbols guide their thinking. The authors offer a range of information and suggest new theoretical avenues for medical anthropology.

Product details

• Authors: American Anthropological Association, Charles Leslie, Charles Young Leslie, Leslie/Young
• Assisted by: Charles Leslie (Editor), Charles M. Leslie (Editor), Leslie Charles (Editor), Allan Young (Editor), Young Allan (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.06.1992
• EAN: 9780520073180
• ISBN: 978-0-520-07318-0
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Comparative Studies of Health; Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Asia, Anthropology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, MEDICAL / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, History of Medicine, Human biology, Medical Anthropology