Translating the Body: Medical Education in Southeast Asia (History of Medicine in Southeast Asia) - Softcover

 
9789814722056: Translating the Body: Medical Education in Southeast Asia (History of Medicine in Southeast Asia)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9814722057 ISBN 13: 9789814722056
Publisher: National University of Singapore Press, 2018

Synopsis

Until recently, receiving a European or North American-style medical education in Southeast Asia was a profoundly transformative experience, as western conceptions of the body differed significantly from indigenous knowledge and explanations. Further, conceptions of the human body had to be translated into local languages and related to vernacular views of health, disease, and healing. Translating the Body is the first book to present the history of biomedical education across Southeast Asia. The contributors chart and analyze the organization of western medical education in Southeast Asia, public health education campaigns in the region, and the ways in which practitioners of what came to be conceived of as “traditional medicine” in many Southeast Asian countries organized themselves in response.

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About the Author

Michele Thompson is the author of Vietnamese Traditional Medicine: A Social History. 

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Publisher
National University of Singapore Press
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9814722057
ISBN 13 
9789814722056
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
368
Editor
Pols Hans, Thompson C. Michele, Warner John Harley