Asian Medical Industries: Contemporary Perspectives on Traditional Pharmaceuticals Contributor(s): Kloos, Stephan (Editor), Blaikie, Calum (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1032110228 ISBN-13: 9781032110226 Publisher: Routledge
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2022 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Medical | Research - Social Science | Regional Studies - Medical | Health Care Delivery |
Dewey: 362.109 |
LCCN: 2022287128 |
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" L (1.51 lbs) 352 pages |
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Publisher Description: This book develops the concept of Asian Medical Industries as a novel perspective on traditional Asian medicines. Complementing and updating existing work in this field, the book provides a critical and comparative analytic framework for understanding Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, Sowa Rigpa, and Japanese Kampō in the 21st century. No longer subaltern health resources or conservative systems of traditional knowledge, these medicines become an integral part of modern Asia as innovative, lucrative industries. Ten original case studies employ insights from anthropology, history, geography, and economics to trace the transformation of Asian medical traditions into rapidly growing and dynamic pharmaceutical industries. Collectively, these contributions identify this as a major phenomenon impacting Asian and global healthcare, economics, cultural politics, and environments. The book suggests that we can learn more about Asian medicines today by approaching them as industries than as cultural or epistemic systems. Asian Medical Industries is a highly original resource for students and scholars across a range of academic fields such as anthropology, history and Asian studies, as well as medical practitioners, health sector actors and policymakers. |
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