Diagnosis postponed: Shenjing shuairuo and the transformation of psychiatry in post-mao China

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 349-380

  Lee, Sing ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; HISTORY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NEURASTHENIA; POLITICS; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEURASTHENIA; POLITICS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHIATRY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033195891     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005586301895     Document Type: Article

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