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Vincanne Adams - Medicine Between Science and Religion: Explorations on Tibetan Grounds (Epistemologies of Healing) - 9781845457587 - V9781845457587
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Medicine Between Science and Religion: Explorations on Tibetan Grounds (Epistemologies of Healing)

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Description for Medicine Between Science and Religion: Explorations on Tibetan Grounds (Epistemologies of Healing) Hardcover. There is a growing interest in studies that document the relationship between science and medicine-as ideas, practices, technologies and outcomes-across cultural, national, geographic terrain. Tibetan medicine is not only known as a scholarly medical tradition among other Asian medical systems.. Editor(s): Adams, Vincanne; Schreempf, Mona; Craig, Sienna R. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 324 pages, 11 ills. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HRAM3; JHM; MBS; MX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 642.

There is a growing interest in studies that document the relationship between science and medicine - as ideas, practices, technologies and outcomes - across cultural, national, geographic terrain. Tibetan medicine is not only known as a scholarly medical tradition among other Asian medical systems, with many centuries of technological, clinical, and pharmacological innovation; it also survives today as a complex medical resource across many Asian nations - from India and Bhutan to Mongolia, Tibet (TAR) and China, Buryatia - as well as in Western Europe and the Americas. The contributions to this volume explore, in equal measure, the impacts ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
Series
Epistemologies of Healing
Number of Pages
324
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845457587
SKU
V9781845457587
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About Vincanne Adams
Vincanne Adams is Professor and Director of the University of California San Francisco Graduate Program in Medical Anthropology (joint with UC Berkeley). Her books include Tigers of the Snow and Other Virtual Sherpas (1996), Doctors for Democracy (1998) and Sex and Development (with Stacy Pigg, 2005).

Reviews for Medicine Between Science and Religion: Explorations on Tibetan Grounds (Epistemologies of Healing)
“…shows the substantial recent developments in studies of Tibetan medicine. These developments not only point the way forward for the field, they also hold significant implications for other social studies of medicine and science, in Asia and beyond.”  ·  The Journal of Asian Studies “The implications of [this volume’s] approach to knowledge and research have far-reaching implications ... Read more

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