East Asian Medicine in Urban Japan Varieties of Medical Experience - Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care

"An excellent description and analysis of East Asian medicine ... Based on fieldwork conducted in Japan during 1973 and 1974, which involved the use of a variecy of participant-observer techniques, as well as extensive reading in primary and secondary sources in Japanese and English, Lock's study makes a significant contribution to our understanding of an important dimension of life in Japan. . . In well-written chapters dealing with the philosophical foundations and historical development of East Asian medicine, Japanese attitudes regarding health, illness, and the human body, detailed description of kanpo clinics, herbal pharmacies, acupuncture and moxibustion clinics, shiatsu and anma clinics, East Asian medical schools as well as the interactions between various providers and patients (customers), Lock develops the cultural thesis ... In the process, she provides information on things most visitors to Japan have seen, heard, felt, and smelled but rarely understood."

ISBN:	9780520052314
Publisher:	University of California Press
Imprint:	University of California Press
Published date:	13 Sep 1984
DEWEY:	306.4610952
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	311
Weight:	499g
Height:	234mm
Width:	156mm
Spine width:	20mm

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