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Chinese and Indian Medicine Today: Branding Asia
Md Nazrul Islam
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Description for Chinese and Indian Medicine Today: Branding Asia
hardcover. Num Pages: 213 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
This book discusses Asian medicine, which puts enormous emphasis on prevention and preservation of health, and examines how, in recent decades, medical schools in Asia have been increasingly shifting toward a curative approach. It offers an ethnographic investigation of the scenarios in China and India and finds that modern students and graduates in these countries perceive Asian medicine to be as important as Western medicine. There is a growing tendency to integrate Asian medicine with Western medical thought in the academic curriculum that has led to a gradual decline of Asian medical thought and practices. At the same time, there ... Read more
This book discusses Asian medicine, which puts enormous emphasis on prevention and preservation of health, and examines how, in recent decades, medical schools in Asia have been increasingly shifting toward a curative approach. It offers an ethnographic investigation of the scenarios in China and India and finds that modern students and graduates in these countries perceive Asian medicine to be as important as Western medicine. There is a growing tendency to integrate Asian medicine with Western medical thought in the academic curriculum that has led to a gradual decline of Asian medical thought and practices. At the same time, there ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
Number of Pages
213
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789811039614
SKU
V9789811039614
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99-15
About Md Nazrul Islam
Dr. Nazrul Islam is currently a Visiting Associate Professor in the School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia. He works as Associate Professor in the United International College, Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University. His research interest focuses on Chinese herbal medicine, Indian ayurvedic medicine, and health tourism. He is the editor of the book Public Health ... Read more
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