Medicine in China Paul U. Unschuld

Name: Medicine in China By Paul U. Unschuld
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Medicine in China by Paul U. Unschuld

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SeriesComparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care

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A comprehensive and analytical study of therapeutic concepts and practices in China. It traces the history of documented health care from its earliest extant records to present developments. It features a preface which details the ideological intersections between Chinese and European medicines.

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Medicine in China: A History of Ideas, 25th Anniversary Edition, With a New Preface by Paul U. Unschuld

In the first comprehensive and analytical study of therapeutic concepts and practices in China, Paul Unschuld traced the history of documented health care from its earliest extant records to present developments. This edition is updated with a new preface which details the immense ideological intersections between Chinese and European medicines in the past 25 years.

Medicine in China Reviews

Unschuld has accomplished monumental labours of translation and annotation. He has a fine historical sense . . . and a colourful and easy style which makes these esoteric subjects more accessible. * Nature *
Successfully weaves the evolution of medical ideas with the prevalent socio-political events of the past three and one-half millennia. . . . The reward is immense. * Medical Anthropology *
Undeniably valuable. * Times Literary Supplement *

About Paul U. Unschuld

Paul U. Unschuld is Professor and Director of the Horst-Goertz Endowment Institute for the Theory, History, and Ethics of Chinese Life Sciences at Charite-Medical University Berlin.

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GOR006759720

ISBN 13

9780520266131

ISBN 10

0520266137

Title

Medicine in China: A History of Ideas, 25th Anniversary Edition, With a New Preface by Paul U. Unschuld

Author

Paul U. Unschuld

Series

Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

University of California Press

Year published

2010-06-01

Number of pages

464

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N/A

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