Beyond cell doctrine: Complexity theory informs alternate models of the body for cross-cultural dialogue

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1172, Issue , 2009, Pages 263-269

  Theise, Neil D ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cell doctrine; Coarse body; Complexity; Emergence; Energy body; Subtle body

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CELL ENERGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; THEORY; TIBETAN MEDICINE;

EID: 69549116365     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04410.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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