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Title Medicine between science and religion : explorations on Tibetan grounds / edited by Vincanne Adams, Mona Schrempf and Sienna R. Craig
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 370 pages) : illustrations
Series Epistemologies of healing
Epistemologies of healing.
Contents Introduction : Medicine in translation between science and religion / Vincanne Adams, Mona Schrempf, Sienna R. Craig -- Biomedicine in Tibet at the edge of modernity / Alex McKay -- Tibetan medicine and Russian modernities / Martin Saxer -- Navigating 'modern science' and 'traditional culture' : the Dharamsala Men-Tsee-Khang in India / Stephan Kloos -- A Tibetan way of science : revisioning biomedicine as Tibetan practice / Vincanne Adams, Renchen Dhondup, Phuoc V. Le -- Correlating biomedical and Tibetan medical terms in amchi medical practice / Barbara Gerke -- Between mantra and syringe : healing and health-seeking behaviour in contemporary Amdo / Mona Schrempf -- From home to hospital : the extension of obstetrics in Ladakh / Kim Gutschow -- From empowerments to power calculations : notes on efficacy, value and method / Sienna R. Craig -- Qualitative and quantitative research methodology in Tibetan medicine : the history, background and development of research in sowa rigpa / Mingji Cuomu -- The four tantras and the global market : changing epistemologies of drä ('bras) versus cancer / Olaf Czaja -- Re-integrating the dharmic perspective in bio-behavioural research of a 'Tibetan yoga' (tsalung trükhor) intervention for people with cancer / Alejandro Chaoul -- Epilogue : towards a sowa rigpa sensibility / Geoffrey Samuel
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Traditional medicine -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region
Medical anthropology -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region
Medicine -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- Religious aspects
Religion and science -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region
HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Manners and customs
Medical anthropology
Medicine -- Religious aspects
Religion and science
Traditional medicine
SUBJECT Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Religious life and customs
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Social life and customs
Subject China -- Tibet Autonomous Region
Form Electronic book
Author Adams, Vincanne, 1959- editor.
Schrempf, Mona, editor.
Craig, Sienna R., editor.
ISBN 9781845459741
1845459741