A Foot in Both Worlds: Education and the Transformation of Chinese Medicine in the United States

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-24

  Flesch, Hannah ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

alternative and complementary medicine; critical medical anthropology; education; integration; professionalization

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871067397     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2012.694930     Document Type: Article

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