Integrating East Asian medicine into contemporary healthcare / edited by Volker Scheid, Hugh MacPherson ; foreword, Ted J. Kaptchuk.
| Other author | Scheid, Volker, 1958- |
| Other author | MacPherson, Hugh, Ph. D. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, ©2012. |
| Description | xxii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Defining best practice or cultivating best practitioners / Volker Scheid -- Pulse-touching : qualities and the best practitioner / Judith Farquhar -- Multiple enactments of Chinese medicine / Trina Ward -- Four snapshots in the life of language in Chinese medicine / Sonya Pritzker -- International standardisation : what does it mean for East Asian medicines? / Chris Zaslawski, Myeong Soo Lee -- Standardizing tongue diagnosis with image processing technology : essential tension between authenticity and innovation / Sean Lei, Chiao-ling Lin, Hen-hong Chang -- Efficacy, effectiveness and efficiency / Claudia Witt, Ted Kaptchuk, Hugh MacPherson, Ayo Wahlberg -- Constructing an evidence base for East Asian medicine / Andrew Flower, Volker Scheid, George Lewith -- Treatment evaluation : what can be learnt from anthropology / Elisabeth Hsu -- Standardisation and endangered practices : challenging the assumptions of beneficence of health care integration / Paul Kadetz -- Branding Indian aromatherapy : transnational healthcare and the making of healing practices / Laurent Pordi -- Cuba / Vivienne Lo. |
| Local note | Laupus-WCP |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2010053659 |
| ISBN | 9780702030215 |
| ISBN | 070203021X |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laupus | Books - Stacks | WB 55 F3 I61 2012 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |