Medicine and memory in Tibet : amchi physicians in the age of reform / Theresia Hofer.
- Hofer, Theresia
- Date:
- [2018]
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
Seattle, WA : University of Washington Press, [2018]
Physical description
xv, 286 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Contributors
Contents
Foreword / by Stevan Harrell -- The Tibetan medical house -- Medicine and religion in the politics and public health of the Tibetan state -- Narrative, time, and reform -- The medico-cultural revolution -- Reviving Tibetan medicine, integrating biomedicine -- Looking at illness -- Conclusion.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-271) and index.
Languages
Subjects
- Medicine, TibetanHistory20th century
- Medicine, TibetanHistory21st century
- PhysiciansChinaTibet Autonomous RegionHistory
- MemorySocial aspectsChinaTibet Autonomous RegionHistory
- Social networksChinaTibet Autonomous RegionHistory
- EthnicityChinaTibet Autonomous RegionHistory
- Social changeChinaTibet Autonomous RegionHistory
- Medicine, Tibetan Traditionalhistory
- Memory
- Social Changehistory
- History, 20th Century
- History, 21st Century
- Minority Groups
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China)Social conditions
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineBW.256.AA9-10Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780295742984