Agnes LoefflerHealth and Medical Practice in Iran
Traditional Culture and Modern Medicine
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