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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

Judith Farquhar

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Judith Farquhar, Farquhar Judith, Judith Farquhctr
• Editore: Perseus Books Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 16.02.1996
• EAN: 9780813330167
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-3016-7
• Pagine: 260
• Serie: Studies in the Ethnographic Im
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Medicina olistica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; China, General practice, MEDICAL / Alternative & Complementary Medicine, MEDICAL / Practice Management & Reimbursement, complementary medicine, General Practice / Family Medicine, Complementary and alternative medicine and therapies