Spirit (Shen), styles of knowing, and authority in contemporary Chinese medicine

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 197-229

  Hsu, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CHINA; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0034202478     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005529514427     Document Type: Article

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