Author

Contributions

  • Chen, Nancy N. - Contributor

Publication

2003 - Columbia University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

59,500 words, Guess

Page Count

238 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing987952
  • Goodreads1942894

Classifications

  • DDC613.7/1
  • LCCRA781.8 .B73 2003

Alternate Titles

  • Qigong, psychiatry, and healing in China

Description

Anthropologist Nancy Chen examines the cultural context of medicine and healing practices in the PRC, Taiwan and the United States and the pages of her book come alive with the narratives of the numerous practitioners, healers, psychiatric patients, doctors and bureaucrats she interviewed.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Breathing spaces: qigong, psychiatry, and healing in ChinaColumbia University Press2003-01-01

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