Medicine between science and religion : explorations on Tibetan grounds /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2011.
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| Series: | Epistemologies of healing.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
Table of 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.
