Systems of medicine and nationalist discourse in India: Towards "new horizons" in medical anthropology and history

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2786-2797

  Khan, Shamshad ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Ayurveda and Unani systems; India; Knowledge systems; Medical pluralism; Nationalist discourse

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CIVILIZATION; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEGEMONY; MEDICINE;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CIVILIZATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOCUMENTATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; INDIA; KNOWLEDGE; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCIENCE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANTHROPOLOGY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INDIA; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MEDICINE, UNANI; POLITICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33646117240     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.10.039     Document Type: Article

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