Alternative Medicine? - A History

Zusatztext Scholarly yet readable history...Bivins places this fraught and polarised debate into a fascinating historical context. Informationen zum Autor Roberta Bivins is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Warwick. Her work focuses on the transmission of medical expertise between cultures, as exemplified by the transmission of acupuncture to the west, and by the medical experiences of non-western immigrants in multicultural Britain and America. Klappentext Comparing the medical systems of China! India! and the west (both mainstream and alternative)! Alternative Medicine? maps the transmission of medical expertise from one culture to another and lays bare the roots of today's distinctions between alternative! complementary! and orthodox medicine. Zusammenfassung Comparing the medical systems of China, India, and the west (both mainstream and alternative), Alternative Medicine? maps the transmission of medical expertise from one culture to another and lays bare the roots of today's distinctions between alternative, complementary, and orthodox medicine. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: 'Rival systems of medicine'? 1: 'What is this burning?' 2: Health and 'The New Science' 3: 'The Chinese have a great deal of wit' 4: 'With our Western brethren, the case seems to be quite different' 5: Conclusion: Pragmatism, Pluralism and the (Im)Patient-Consumer Further Reading Notes Index

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• Authors: Roberta Bivins, Roberta E. Bivins
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.07.2010
• EAN: 9780199543762
• ISBN: 978-0-19-954376-2
• No. of pages: 258
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History; HEALTH & FITNESS / Herbal Medications, HEALTH & FITNESS / Alternative Therapies, MEDICAL / Public Health, SCIENCE / History, MEDICAL / Alternative & Complementary Medicine, MEDICAL / History, History of Medicine, History of Science, Complementary therapies, healing & health, Complementary therapies, healing and health, Personal and public health / health education, Traditional medicine and herbal remedies, Complementary and alternative medicine and therapies