Alternative medicine? : a history /

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Author / Creator:Bivins, Roberta E., 1970-
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Description:xvii, 238 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6631333
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ISBN:9780199218875 (alk. paper)
0199218870 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-223) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: 'Rival systems of medicine'?
  • 1. 'What is this burning?'
  • 2. Health and 'The New Science'
  • 3. 'The Chinese have a great deal of wit'
  • 4. 'With our Western brethren, the case seems to be quite different'
  • 5. Conclusion: Pragmatism, Pluralism and the (Im)Patient-Consumer
  • Further Reading