Scheid / Smith / Weintraub Chinese Medicine in Contemporary China

Plurality and Synthesis
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8371-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 428 Seiten

Reihe: Science and Cultural Theory

This ethnography of contemporary Chinese medicine that covers both Chinese medical education and practice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scheid, Volker

Smith, Barbara Herrnstein

Weintraub, E. Roy

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Komplementäre Medizin, Asiatische Medizin (TCM), Heilpraktiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

Timeline on Chinese History

Geographical Map of China

Introduction

Part I: Chinese Medicine and the Problem of Plurality

1. Orientations

2. Plurality and Synthesis: Toward a Multisited Ethnography of Chinese Medicine

Part II: Contemporary Chinese Medicine: Six Perspectives

3. Hegemonic Pluralism: Chinese Medicine in a Socialist State

4. Dilemmas and Tactical Agency: Patients and the Transformation of Chinese Medicine

5. Shaping Chinese Medicine: Integration, Innovation, Synthesis

6. Students, Disciples, and the Art of Social Networking: Becoming a Physician of Chinese Medicine

7. Bianzheng lunzhi: The Emergent Pivot of Contemporary Chinese Medicine

8. Creating Knowledge: The Origins of Plurality

Part III: Anthropological Interventions

9. The Future of Chinese Medicine

Appendix. Four Attempts at Systematizing Pattern Differentiation and Treatment Determination

Notes

Bibliography of Premodern Chinese Medical Texts

Bibliography of Modern Chinese and Western Sources

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Volker Scheid is Wellcome Trust Research Fellow in the Department of History, School of Oriental and African Studies, at the University of London.