Place and professionalization: Navigating amchi identity in Nepal

Tibetan Medicine in the Contemporary World: Global Politics of Medical Knowledge and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 62-90

  Craig, Sienna R ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84925715265     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203932544     Document Type: Chapter

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