Agnes Loeffler

Health and Medical Practice in Iran

Traditional Culture and Modern Medicine

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• International Library of Iranian Studies
• Verlag: I.B.Tauris
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 430070
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 250g
• ISBN-13: 9781780760445
• ISBN-10: 1780760442
• Artikelnr.: 35760336

Autorenporträt

Agnes G. Loeffler is Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Wisconsin, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

IntroductionThe Contexts of FieldworkPART ONE: Iranian Conceptualizations of Health and Disease3.Iranian Explanations for Ill Health4.Key Concepts: Nature, Purity and Balance in Relation to Health5.How Allopathic Knowledge and Practice are Interpreted in Distinctly Iranian TermsPART TWO: The Contexts of Medical Practice6.The Economic Context of Allopathic Practice 7.Roots of Authority: Knowledge8.The Relationship of 'Elm to Medical Practice9.Medical Knowledge and Islamic IdealsConclusion