Translating the Body : Medical Education in Southeast Asia

Pols, Hans (EDT); Thompson, C. Michele (EDT); Warner, John Harley (EDT)

ISBN 10: 9814722057 / ISBN 13: 9789814722056

Edité par National University of Singapore Press, 2018

N° de réf. du vendeur 29766610-n

Synopsis :

Until recently, receiving a European or North American-style medical education in Southeast Asia was a profoundly transformative experience, as western conceptions of the body differed significantly from indigenous knowledge and explanations. Further, conceptions of the human body had to be translated into local languages and related to vernacular views of health, disease, and healing. Translating the Body is the first book to present the history of biomedical education across Southeast Asia. The contributors chart and analyze the organization of western medical education in Southeast Asia, public health education campaigns in the region, and the ways in which practitioners of what came to be conceived of as "traditional medicine" in many Southeast Asian countries organized themselves in response.

À propos des auteurs: Hans Pols is associate professor at the Unit for History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney.

Michele Thompson is the author of Vietnamese Traditional Medicine: A Social History.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Translating the Body : Medical Education in ...
Éditeur : National University of Singapore Press
Date d'édition : 2018
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : New