Well-Mannered Medicine - Medical Ethics and Etiquette in Classical Ayurveda (Hardcover, New)

Dagmar Wujastyk explores the moral discourses on the practice of medicine in the foundational texts of Ayurveda. The classical ayurvedic treatises were composed in Sanskrit between the first and the fifth centuries CE, and the later works, dating into the sixteenth century CE, were still considered strongly authoritative. As Wujastyk shows, these works testify to an elaborate system of medical ethics and etiquette. Physicians looked to the ayurvedic treatises for a guide to professional conduct. Ayurvedic discourses on good medical practice depict the physician as highly-educated, skilled, moral, and well-mannered. The rules of conduct positioned physicians within mainstream society's and characterized medical practice as a trustworthy and socially acceptable profession. At the same time, professional success was largely based on a particular physician's ability to cure his patients. This resulted in tension, as some treatments and medications were considered socially or religiously unacceptable. Doctors needed to treat their patients successfully while ostensibly following the rules of acceptable behavior. Wujastyk offers insight into the many unorthodox methods of avoiding conflict while ensuring patient compliance shown in the ayurvedic treatises, giving a disarmingly candid perspective on the realities of medical practice and its crucial role in a profoundly well-mannered society.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2012
First published:	July 2012
Authors:	Dagmar Wujastyk (PhD in Indology 2010)
Dimensions:	239 x 162 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	264
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-985626-8
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > Mind, body & spirit > Alternative therapies, healing & health Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > History of religion Books > Medicine > Complementary medicine > Traditional medicine & remedies > Ayurveda Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Alternative therapies, healing & health Promotions
LSN:	0-19-985626-5
Barcode:	9780199856268

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