Paths to Asian medical knowledge /
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Imprint: | Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1992. |
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Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 296 pages) : illustrations |
Language: | English |
Series: | Comparative studies of health systems and medical care Comparative studies of health systems and medical care. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11105629 |
Other authors / contributors: | Leslie, Charles, 1923-2009. Young, Allan, 1938- American Anthropological Association. Annual Meeting (84th : 1985 : Washington, D.C.) |
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ISBN: | 9780520910935 0520910931 0520073185 9780520073180 0585131015 9780585131016 0520073177 9780520073173 |
Notes: | Many chapters presented as papers at the 84th Meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Washington, D.C., Dec. 1985. Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record. |
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. |
Other form: | Print version: Paths to Asian medical knowledge. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1992 0520073177 |
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