Book ID: CBB550056258

Medical Pluralism: Past - Present - Future (2013)

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Any exploration of plural medicine including the historical perspective needs to be aware of the conflict between regular and irregular healers which existed already in the pre-modern era, although distinctive features such as scientific, alternative or traditional which are so familiar to us today did not yet play a role. In the early modern period we observe a complex array of heterogeneous medical ideas and practices which has not much in common with the kind of pluralism or plurality which we can find in modern health care systems in Europe and non-western countries (e.g. India, Japan). Comparing the medical market place in pre-modern, 19th, and early 20th-century Western Europe with the present situation in health care, this book deals with the historical development as well as with the present state of medical pluralism in and outside Europe. The studies come up with data and evidence from a variety of sources, suggesting that unconventional medicine has been a persistent presence in health care over the past two to four hundred years. The contributors were drawn from different academic disciplines such as medical history, medicine, sociology, and anthropology.

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Review Carsten Timmermann (2016) Review of "Medical Pluralism: Past - Present - Future". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 373-374). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Seman, Jennifer Koshatka
González, Carmen Pérez
Guillemain, Hervé
Whitfield, Michael
Camana, Carla
Weindling, Paul
Concepts
Cross-cultural comparison
Health care
Western world, civilization and culture
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Healers
Medicine
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
Early modern
20th century, early
Modern
17th century
Places
Europe
United States
China
New Zealand
Italy
Greece
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
National Health Service (Great Britain)
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