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The history of Chinese medicine in the People's Republic of China and its globalization
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This introductory article provides an overview over the history of Chinese medicine, as it evolved in the People's Republic of China over the last 60 years. In particular, it highlights how Traditional Chinese Medicine (zhongyi), as invented in the 1950s during a period of nationalism marked by idealism and pride in China's ancient philosophy and cultural heritage, has evolved into a medicine that thrives on the contemporary global health market in a neoliberal climate. This latter f...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1007/s12280-009-9072-y
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- Publisher:
- Springer Publisher's website
- Journal:
- East Asian Science, Technology and Society: an international journal Journal website
- Volume:
- 2
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 465-484
- Publication date:
- 2009-01-01
- DOI:
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1875-2152
- ISSN:
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1875-2160
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- English
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- ora:2828
- Deposit date:
- 2009-06-15
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- National Science Council, Taiwan
- Copyright date:
- 2009
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