Publication Information
Author:
Ahern, Emily M.
Title:
Sacred and secular medicine in a Taiwan village: a study of cosmological disorders
Published in:
Medicine in Chinese cultures : comparative studies of health care in Chinese and other societies, edited by Arthur Kleinman ... [et al.]
Published By:
Medicine in Chinese cultures : comparative studies of health care in Chinese and other societies, edited by Arthur Kleinman ... [et al.]
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, National Institutes of Health, 1975. 91-113 p.
By line:
Emily M. Ahern
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
HRAF, 1995. Computer File
Culture:
Taiwan Hokkien
(AD05)
Subjects:
Gratification and control of hunger (261);
Diet (262);
Pharmaceuticals (278);
Magical and mental therapy (755);
Medical therapy (757);
Ethnophysiology (827);
Abstract:
This essay deals with '...some of the basic concepts that play a part in Chinese villagers' understanding of bodily health or sickness' (p. 91). Based on data collected in the village of Ch'i-nan, Ahern presents ideas about hot and cold, yin and yang in the body and in society; the importance to patients of knowing the cause of an illness; and the process of finding a cure.
Document Number:
63
Document ID: ad05-063
Document Type:
Essay
Language:
English
Note:
Includes bibliography
Field Date:
1969-1973
Evaluation:
Ethnologist-5
Analyst:
Marlene Martin
Coverage Date:
not specified
Coverage Place:
Ch'i-nan village, Taipei hsien, Hai-shan region, Taiwan
LCSH:
Taiwanese
