The sacred in the scientific: Ambiguous practices of science in Tibetan medicine

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 542-575

  Adams, Vincanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0038010760     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/can.2001.16.4.542     Document Type: Review

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