The Triumph of Praticalty : : Tradition and Modernity in Health Care Utilization in Selected Asian Countries / / ed. by Stella R. Quah.
This book analyses the process of modernization of health and healing practices, and documents in detail the current trend among people who use both traditional and modern medicine. It has two unique and important features. One is the focus - five nations in Asia (China, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package |
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Place / Publishing House: | Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [1990] ©1990 |
Year of Publication: | 1990 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (195 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1. The Triumph of Practicality
- 2. Marriage of Convenience: Traditional and Modern Medicine in the People's Republic of China
- 3. Traditional and Modern Medicine in Japan: Main Features
- 4. Stress-Coping and Traditional Health Care Utilization in Japan
- 5. Receptivity to Traditional Chinese and Modern Medicine among Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong
- 6. The Best Bargam: Medical Opttons m Smgapore
- 7. Utilization of Traditional and Modern Health Care Services in Thailand
- 8. Confirming the Triumph of Practicality