Knowing Practice

The Clinical Encounter Of Chinese Medicine

Judith Farquhar

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Routledge
19 August 2019

Regional studies

This book examines the theory and practice of traditional medicine in modern China. Farquhar describes the logic of diagnosis and treatment from the inside perspective of doctors and scholars. She demonstrates how theoretical and textual materials interweave with the practical requirements of the clinic. By showing how Chinese medical choices are m

By: Judith Farquhar
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367316495
ISBN 10: 0367316498
Pages: 275
Publication Date: 19 August 2019
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Introduction: ""We Take Practice to Be Our Guide"", 1 Chinese Medicine as Institutional Object and Historical Moment, 2 Preliminary Orientations: Sources and Manifestations, Unity and Multiplicity, 3 The Clinical Encounter Observed, 4 Description and Analysis in Kanbing, 5 The Syndrome-Therapy Pivot, 6 Remanifesting the Syndrome and Qualifying the Therapy: Formulary and Materia Medica, 7 Classification, Specificity, History, and Action: An Overview of the Clinical Encounter, Conclusion"

Judith Farquhar is associate professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.