Global pharma in the land of snows: Tibetan medicines, SARS, and identity politics across nations

Asian Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-28

  Craig, Sienna ^a   Adams, Vincanne ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

China; Global pharma; Identity politics; Precious pills; Sars; Tibetan medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 68849102039     PISSN: 1573420X     EISSN: 15734218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157342108X381205     Document Type: Article

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