Modern desires, knowledge control, and physician resistance: Regulating ayurvedic medicine in Nepal

Asian Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-112

  Cameron, Mary M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ayurveda; Knowledge transmission; Medical regulation and politics; Nepal; Traditional practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 61649124433     PISSN: 1573420X     EISSN: 15734218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157342108X381232     Document Type: Article

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