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Alternative medicine? : a history / Roberta Bivins

Catalog Data

Author:
Bivins, Roberta E. 1970-  Search this
Physical description:
xvii, 238 p. : ill ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2007
Notes:
NMAHMED copy 39088013180997 has bookplate: Gift from the Office of the Secretary to Honor the Smithsonian Institution Libraries 40th Anniversary 2008.
Contents:
Introduction: 'rival systems of medicine'? -- 'What is the burning?' -- Health and 'the new science' -- 'The Chinese have a great deal of wit' -- 'With our western brethern, the case seems to be quite different' -- Conclusion: pragmatism, pluralism, and the (Im)patient-consumer
Topic:
Alternative medicine--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_902307