Allopathy Goes Native: Traditional Versus Modern Medicine in Iran
Author:   Agnes Loeffler
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Volume:   v. 6
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9781780760445


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   26 March 2017
Format:   Paperback
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Allopathy Goes Native: Traditional Versus Modern Medicine in Iran


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Author:   Agnes Loeffler
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   I.B. Tauris
Volume:   v. 6
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.250kg
ISBN:  

9781780760445


ISBN 10:   1780760442
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   26 March 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction The Contexts of Fieldwork PART ONE: Iranian Conceptualizations of Health and Disease 3. Iranian Explanations for Ill Health 4. Key Concepts: Nature, Purity and Balance in Relation to Health 5. How Allopathic Knowledge and Practice are Interpreted in Distinctly Iranian Terms PART TWO: The Contexts of Medical Practice 6. The Economic Context of Allopathic Practice 7. Roots of Authority: Knowledge 8. The Relationship of 'Elm to Medical Practice 9. Medical Knowledge and Islamic Ideals Conclusion

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Agnes G. Loeffler is Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Wisconsin, USA.

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