Prescriptions for Virtuosity: The Postcolonial Struggle of Chinese Medicine

by Eric I Karchmer

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Although Chinese medicine is assumed to be a timeless healing tradition, the encounter with modern biomedicine threatened its very existence and led to many radical changes. Prescriptions for Virtuosity tells the story of how doctors of Chinese medicine have responded to the global dominance of biomedicine and developed new forms of virtuosity to keep their clinical practice relevant in contemporary Chinese society.

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Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:082329983X

ISBN13:9780823299836

Release Date:September 2022

Publisher:Fordham University Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.84 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"

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