A correlative STS: Lessons from a Chinese medical practice

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 801-824

  Lin, Wen yuan ^a   Law, John ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

balance of betrayal; Chinese Medicine; controlled equivocation; correlativity; post colonialism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; MALE; PHILOSOPHY; TAIWAN;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84911945122     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312714531325     Document Type: Article

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