Medicine Across Cultures - History and Practice of Medicine in Non-Western Cultures (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003)

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, Indian, Egyptian, and Tibetan medicine, the book includes essays on comparing Chinese and western medicine and religion and medicine. The essays address the connections between medicine and culture and relate the medical practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay is well illustrated and contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book fills a gap in both the history of medicine and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science, 3
Release date:	December 2010
First published:	2003
Adapted by:	Hugh Shapiro
Editors:	Helaine Selin
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	417
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
ISBN-13:	978-90-481-6238-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Bio-ethics Books > History > General
LSN:	90-481-6238-6
Barcode:	9789048162383

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