Translating the Body : Medical Education in Southeast Asia

Western conceptions of the body differ significantly from indigenous knowledge and explanatory frameworks in Asia. As colonial governments assumed responsibility for health care, conceptions of the human body were translated into local languages and related to vernacular views of health, disease, an...

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Other Authors: Pols, Hans (Editor), Thompson, C. Michelle (Editor), Warner, John Harley (Editor)
Format: eBook
Published: Singapore National University of Singapore Press 2017
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