The establishing of Chinese medical concepts in Norwegian acupuncture schools: The cultural translation of jingluo ('circulation tracts')

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 315-326

  Sagli, Gry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

alternative medicine; complementary medicine; ethnography; medical anthropology; Norway

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORWAY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOLOGY; TRIGGER POINT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; HUMANS; MERIDIANS; NORWAY;

EID: 78650221055     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470.2010.526694     Document Type: Article

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