Asian medicine and globalization / edited by Joseph S. Alter.

Asian medicine and globalization /

As more and more Asian medical practices cross into Western culture through the popularity of yoga and herbalism, and as Western medicine finds its way east in the form of plastic surgery, these systems of meaning become inextricably interrelated. The essays in this volume consider the larger implic...

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Other Authors: Alter, Joseph S. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2005.
Series:Encounters with Asia.
Subjects:
Traditional medicine > Asia.
Medicine, Ayurvedic > Asia.
Cross-cultural studies.
Manners and customs.
Medicine, Oriental.
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Cultural Characteristics
Internationality
Medicine, Ayurvedic
Medicine, East Asian Traditional
customs (social concepts)
Asia > Social life and customs.
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