Mixed medicines : health and culture in French colonial Cambodia /

Bringing together historical vignettes, anthropological theory and quantitative analyses, this book examines interactions between the Khymer, Cham, and Vietnamese of Cambodia and the French, documenting the differences in their understandings of medicine and revealing the transformations that occure...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Au, Sokhieng (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2011]
Colección:NBER conference report.
Temas:
1863-1953
Public health > Cambodia > History.
Culture.
Public Health > history
Culture
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Santé publique > Cambodge > Histoire.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
culture note.
culture (concept)
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
Public health
Cambodia > History > 1863-1953.
Cambodia
Cambodge > Histoire > 1863-1953.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Settings
  • Collusions and conflict
  • The politics and pragmatics of managing health
  • Social medicine
  • Prostitutes and mothers
  • Civilized lepers
  • Cultural insolubilities.

Ejemplares similares