Emily S. Wu

Traditional Chinese Medicine in the United States

In Search of Spiritual Meaning and Ultimate Health

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a historically, socially, and culturally-contextualized portrayal of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) as a complementary and alternative medical profession in the United States.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 552g
• ISBN-13: 9780739173664
• ISBN-10: 0739173669
• Artikelnr.: 37744821

Autorenporträt

By Emily S. Wu

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Personal Beginning Introduction Chapter 1: Contextualization
Chapter 2: History of Local TCM Chapter 3: Medical Training and Identity
Formation Chapter 4: TCM Healers in the Chinese Community Chapter 5: TCM as
Complementary Medicine Chapter 6: TCM as Alternative Medicine Chapter 7:
Creating a Space for Psychic Healing Chapter 8: Going to the Culturally
Authentic Chapter 9: Environmentalism and Lifestyle Changes Chapter 10: The
Happenings in an Acupuncture Clinic Chapter 11: The Embodied Spirituality
of Qi Chapter 12: Ideal Body and the Concept of Health Chapter 13:
Concluding Analysis