Prescriptions for Virtuosity: The Postcolonial Struggle of Chinese Medicine

by Eric I Karchmer

Although Chinese medicine is assumed to be a timeless healing tradition, the encounter with modern biomedicine threatened its very existence and led to many radical changes. Prescriptions for Virtuosity tells the story of how doctors of Chinese medicine have responded to the global dominance of biomedicine and developed new forms of virtuosity to keep their clinical practice relevant in contemporary Chinese society.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823299848
• ISBN13: 9780823299843
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"