http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
history and practice of medicine in non-Western cultures
xxiv, 416 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Continuity, change, and challenge in African medicine -- Medicine in Ancient Egypt -- Medicine in Ancient China -- Ayurveda -- Cultural perspectives on traditional Tibetan medicine -- Traditional Thai medicine -- Oriental medicine in Korea -- Globalization and cultures of biomedicine : Japan and North America -- Traditional Aboriginal health practice in Australia -- When healing cultures collide : a case from the Pacific -- Native American medicine : herbal pharmacology, therapies, and elder care -- Lords of the Medicine Bag : medical science and traditional practice in Ancient Peru and South America -- Medicine in Ancient Mesoamerica -- Healing relationships in the the African Caribbean -- Medicine in Ancient Hebrew and Jewish cultures -- Islamic medicines : perspectives on the Greek legacy in the history of Islamic medical traditions in West Asia -- Chinese and Westerm medicine -- Religion and medicine -- The relation between medical states and soul beliefs among tribal people
editor, Helaine Selin ; advisory editor, Hugh Shapiro.
Includes bibliographical references and index.