| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 370 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Epistemologies of healing
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Epistemologies of healing.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Medicine in translation between science and religion / Vincanne Adams, Mona Schrempf, Sienna R. Craig -- Biomedicine in Tibet at the edge of modernity / Alex McKay -- Tibetan medicine and Russian modernities / Martin Saxer -- Navigating 'modern science' and 'traditional culture' : the Dharamsala Men-Tsee-Khang in India / Stephan Kloos -- A Tibetan way of science : revisioning biomedicine as Tibetan practice / Vincanne Adams, Renchen Dhondup, Phuoc V. Le -- Correlating biomedical and Tibetan medical terms in amchi medical practice / Barbara Gerke -- Between mantra and syringe : healing and health-seeking behaviour in contemporary Amdo / Mona Schrempf -- From home to hospital : the extension of obstetrics in Ladakh / Kim Gutschow -- From empowerments to power calculations : notes on efficacy, value and method / Sienna R. Craig -- Qualitative and quantitative research methodology in Tibetan medicine : the history, background and development of research in sowa rigpa / Mingji Cuomu -- Four tantras and the global market : changing epistemologies of drä ('bras) versus cancer / Olaf Czaja -- Re-integrating the dharmic perspective in bio-behavioural research of a 'Tibetan yoga' (tsalung trükhor) intervention for people with cancer / Alejandro Chaoul -- Epilogue : towards a sowa rigpa sensibility / Geoffrey Samuel. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Medicine, Chinese -- Tibet Autonomous Region.
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Medicine, Chinese. |
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Medical anthropology -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region.
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Medical anthropology. |
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China -- Tibet Autonomous Region. |
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Medicine -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- Religious aspects.
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Medicine. |
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Religion and science -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region.
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Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Religious life and customs.
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Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Social life and customs.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- China. |
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Religion and science. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Medicine -- Religious aspects. |
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Traditional medicine. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Adams, Vincanne, 1959- editor.
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Schrempf, Mona, editor.
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Craig, Sienna R., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Medicine between science and religion. New York : Berghahn Books, 2011 9781845457587 (DLC) 2010019551 (OCoLC)555673156 |
| ISBN |
9781845459741 (electronic book) |
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1845459741 (electronic book) |
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9781845457587 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1845457587 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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