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Medicine Across Cultures: History and Practice of Medicine in Non-Western Cultures

Helaine Selin

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Description:Medicine Across Cultures: The History and Practice of Medicine in Non-Western Cultures consists of 19 essays dealing with the medical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Indian, Egyptian, and Tibetan medicine, the book includes essays on comparing Chinese and western medicine and religion and medicine. The essays address the connections between medicine and culture and relate the medical practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay is well illustrated and contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book fills a gap in both the history of medicine and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Medicine Across Cultures: History and Practice of Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. To get started finding Medicine Across Cultures: History and Practice of Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 442

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Plenum Publishing Corporation

Release: 2003

ISBN: 0306480948

Description: Medicine Across Cultures: The History and Practice of Medicine in Non-Western Cultures consists of 19 essays dealing with the medical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Indian, Egyptian, and Tibetan medicine, the book includes essays on comparing Chinese and western medicine and religion and medicine. The essays address the connections between medicine and culture and relate the medical practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay is well illustrated and contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book fills a gap in both the history of medicine and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Medicine Across Cultures: History and Practice of Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. To get started finding Medicine Across Cultures: History and Practice of Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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