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Precious pills : medicine and social change among Tibetan refugees in India /
When people are displaced, their social systems move with them. This book investigates what happens to traditional medical systems when they are "uprooted", i.e. when practitioners and patients become displaced, by looking at the transformations of traditional Tibetan medicine among the Ti...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Epistemologies of healing ;
v. 2. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | When people are displaced, their social systems move with them. This book investigates what happens to traditional medical systems when they are "uprooted", i.e. when practitioners and patients become displaced, by looking at the transformations of traditional Tibetan medicine among the Tibetan refugee community in India. It addresses how long-term displacement affects concepts of health and examines the success and efficacy of Tibetan medicine in the context of social upheaval. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (156 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-150) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780857450128 0857450123 1282626647 9781282626645 9786612626647 661262664X |