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The transmission of Chinese medicine / Elisabeth Hsu.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Summary language: Chinese Series: Cambridge studies in medical anthropology ; 7.Publication details: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1999.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 296 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0511016123
  • 9780511016127
  • 0511151845
  • 9780511151842
  • 0511172923
  • 9780511172922
  • 0521642361
  • 9780521642361
  • 9780521645423
  • 1280432446
  • 9781280432446
  • 0511051743
  • 9780511051746
  • 9786610432448
  • 6610432449
  • 0511612451
  • 9780511612459
  • 0521645425
  • 0511303211
  • 9780511303210
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Transmission of Chinese medicine.DDC classification:
  • 610/.951 21
LOC classification:
  • R601 .H697 1999eb
NLM classification:
  • WB 18
Online resources:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-286) and indexes.

Print version record.

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.

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

English.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650

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