Alternative medicine? : a history
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Alternative medicine? : a history
AUTHOR:
Bivins, Roberta E., 1970-
ISBN:
9780199543762
EDITION:
1st publ. in paperback
PUBLICATION_INFO:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xvii, 239 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references and index
First published 2007.
ABSTRACT:
Comparing the medical systems of China, India, and the west (both mainstream and alternative), Alternative Medicine? maps the transmission of medical expertise from one culture to another and lays bare the roots of today's distinctions between alternative, complementary, and orthodox medicine.
SUBJECT_TERM:
SUBJECT:
| Alternative medicine -- History |
BIBSUMMARY:
Comparing the medical systems of China, India, and the west (both mainstream and alternative), Alternative Medicine? maps the transmission of medical expertise from one culture to another and lays bare the roots of today's distinctions between alternative, complementary, and orthodox medicine.