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

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Selin, Helaine (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2003.
• Σειρά: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science, 3
• Θέματα: 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,...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Continuity, Change, and Challenge in African Medicine
• Medicine in Ancient Egypt
• Medicine in Ancient China
• ?yurveda
• Cultural Perspectives on Traditional Tibetan Medicine
• Traditional Thai Medicine
• Oriental Medicine in Korea
• Globalization and Cultures of Biomedicine: Japan and North America
• Traditional Aboriginal Health Practice in Australia
• When Helaing Cultures Collide: A Case From the Pacific
• Native American Medicine: Herbal Pharmacology, Therapies, and Elder Care
• Lords of the Medicine Bag: Medical Science and Traditional Practice in Ancient Peru and South America
• Medicine In Ancient Mesoamerica
• Healing Relationships in the African Caribbean
• Medicine in Ancient Hebrew and Jewish Cultures
• Islamic Medicines: Perspectives on the Greek Legacy in the History of Islamic Medical Traditions in West Asia
• How Different are Western and Chinese Medicine? The Case of Nerves
• Religion and Medicine
• The Relation Between Medical States and Soul Beliefs Among Tribal Peoples.