Knowing Practice
The Clinical Encounter Of Chinese Medicine
1st Edition
Published on 19. August 2019
Book
Hardback
276 pages
978-0-367-31649-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines the theory and practice of traditional medicine in modern China. Farquhar describes the logic of diagnosis and treatment from the inside perspective of doctors and scholars. She demonstrates how theoretical and textual materials interweave with the practical requirements of the clinic. By showing how Chinese medical choices are m
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
552 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-31649-5 (9780367316495)
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Person
Judith Farquhar is associate professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Content
Introduction: "We Take Practice to Be Our Guide", 1 Chinese Medicine as Institutional Object and Historical Moment, 2 Preliminary Orientations: Sources and Manifestations, Unity and Multiplicity, 3 The Clinical Encounter Observed, 4 Description and Analysis in Kanbing, 5 The Syndrome-Therapy Pivot, 6 Remanifesting the Syndrome and Qualifying the Therapy: Formulary and Materia Medica, 7 Classification, Specificity, History, and Action: An Overview of the Clinical Encounter, Conclusion