Chinese Medicine in Contemporary China Plurality and Synthesis

Name: Chinese Medicine in Contemporary China Plurality and Synthesis
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ISBN: 9780822328728

ISBN-10: 0822328720

ISBN-13: 9780822328728

Edition: 2002

Authors: Volker Scheid, Barbara Smith, E. Roy Weintraub

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List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 6/12/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.91" wide x 9.17" long x 1.13" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



List of Figures and Tables


Acknowledgments


Timeline on Chinese History


Geographical Map of China


Introduction



Chinese Medicine and the Problem of Plurality



Orientations



Plurality and Synthesis: Toward a Multisited Ethnography of Chinese Medicine



Contemporary Chinese Medicine: Six Perspectives



Hegemonic Pluralism: Chinese Medicine in a Socialist State



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



Shaping Chinese Medicine: Integration, Innovation, Synthesis



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



Bianzheng lunzhi: The Emergent Pivot of Contemporary Chinese Medicine



Creating Knowledge: The Origins of Plurality



Anthropological Interventions



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