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Epistemologies of healing ; v. 10
Epistemologies of healing ; v. 10. ^A782368
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| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010019551 |
| ISBN | 9781845457587 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1845457587 (hardback : alk. paper) |
