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The transmission of Chinese medicine /

Based on her experience as disciple of a private practitioner, participating in scholarly seminars of a senior Chinese doctor, and studying at a college of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Elisabeth Hsu provides an insider's account of traditional medical education in China, revealing the way in w...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hsu, Elisabeth
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, ©2004.
Series:Cambridge studies in medical anthropology ; 7.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on Chinese terms; Introduction: ways of learning; 1 The secret transmission of knowledge and practice; 2 Qigong and the concept of qi; 3 The personal transmission of knowledge; 4 Interpreting a classical Chinese medical text; 5 The standardised transmission of knowledge; 6 Teaching from TCM texts; Discussion: styles of knowing; Appendix: Curriculum for TCM regular students and acumoxa and massage specialists at the Yunnan TCM College in 1988 ... 9; Glossary of medical and philosophical terms.