Cover of Alternative Medicine?

Book 2012

Alternative Medicine?

3 readers

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Published
2012
  • Alternative medicine
  • HEALTH & FITNESS
  • BODY, MIND & SPIRIT
  • MEDICAL
  • Alternative Therapies
  • General
  • Healing
  • History

Comparing the medical systems of China, India, and the west (both mainstream and alternative), this title maps the transmission of medical expertise from one culture to another and lays bare the roots of today's distinctions between alternative, complementary, and orthodox medicine.