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Author Guo, Zibin, author

Title Ginseng and Aspirin : Health Care Alternatives for Aging Chinese in New York / Zibin Guo
Published Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2000]
©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 173 pages)
Series The anthropology of contemporary issues
Anthropology of contemporary issues.
Contents Part I. Elderly Chinese Immigrants in Flushing -- 1. Setting the Stage -- 2. Chinese Americans in the United States -- A Population of Diversity -- 3. The Research Site -- 4. Fieldwork in Flushing -- Part II. Health Care Concepts and Resources -- 5. Aging, Migration, and Health -- 6. Traditional Chinese Medicine -- 7. Health Care in Modern China and Taiwan -- 8. Health Care Resources in Flushing -- Part III. Aging and Health among the Chinese Elderly -- 9. Concepts of Aging -- 10. Big and Small Problems -- 11. Self-Care and Home Remedies -- 12. Health Care Decisions -- 13. Using the U.S. Health Care System -- 14. Conclusion
Summary Navigating the maze of modern American health care is rarely easy; those who enter it are confronted with a dizzying array of specialists, practitioners, and clinics from which to choose, and are forced to make decisions regarding drugs and treatments about which they may know very little. For immigrants, finding their way can be difficult--especially for those to whom Western medicine is itself unfamiliar.In this engaging, accessible, and detail-rich book, Zibin Guo narrates elderly Chinese immigrants' response to contemporary American medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes self-care and the medicinal value of foods and herbs; American doctors' responses to the ailments of their Chinese patients can seem impersonal and unnecessarily interventionist. Distrust, expense, and problems of communication and interpretation often frustrate both patient and practitioner.Guo paints a picture of a population that, despite its outward appearance of homogeneity, demonstrates a surprisingly wide variety of health-care knowledge, practice, and belief. Using case materials and interviews, he analyzes the blend of folk treatments and respect for Western science that coexist in the health care regimens of these elderly Chinese immigrants
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-164) and index
Notes In English
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Feb 2019)
Subject Chinese Americans -- Medical care -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York
Minority older people -- Health and hygiene -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York
Minority older people -- Medical care -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York
Transcultural medical care -- New York (State) -- New York
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
Transcultural medical care
New York (State) -- New York
Form Electronic book
LC no. 00024457
ISBN 1501721712
9781501721717