Medicine Across Cultures History and Practice of Medicine in Non-Western Cultures /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Selin, Helaine (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2003.
• Series: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science, 3
• Subjects: Medicine.; Culture > Study and teaching.; History.; Medicine > History.; Medical ethics.; Medicine & Public Health.; History of Medicine.; History, general.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

Medicine Across Cultures: The History and Practice of Medicine in Non-Western Cultures consists of 19 essays dealing with the medical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian,...