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Author Hsu, Elisabeth

Title The transmission of Chinese medicine / Elisabeth Hsu
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource
Series Cambridge studies in medical anthropology ; 7
Cambridge studies in medical anthropology ; 7.
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
Summary 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 which context of instruction shapes knowledge
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-286) and indexes
Subject Medicine, Chinese -- Study and teaching -- China
Medical anthropology -- Study and teaching -- China
Medicine, Chinese.
Medical education.
Medicine, Chinese Traditional
Education, Medical
Medicine, Chinese
Medical education
Medical anthropology -- Study and teaching
Medicine, Chinese -- Study and teaching
Gezondheidszorg.
Scholing.
China
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0511051743
9780511051746