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| Summary: | Like its classic predecessor, Asian Medical Systems , Paths to Asian Medical Knowledge significantly expands the study of Asian medicine. 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. Whether discussing Japanese anatomy texts, Islamic humoralism, Ayurvedic clinical practice, or a variety of other subjects, the authors offer an exciting range of information and suggest new theoretical avenues for medical anthropology.
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| Item Description: | Many chapters presented as papers at the 84th Meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Washington, D.C., Dec. 1985. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 296 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| ISBN: | 0520073177 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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