Book
Women asking women: an ethnography of health care in rural Taiwan
Xerox University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1977 • Pages:
By: Gould-Martin, Katherine.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This dissertation describes the availability and interrelations of three overlapping systems of medical and health care as they are used by Taiwanese villagers: Western-style medicine, Chinese secular herbal medicine, and Chinese religious medicine. The nature of each system and beliefs popularly associated with each are discussed. Particular attention is paid to the use of health-care resources by women and to the means by which women arrive at decisions concerning which medical system to use for particular cases of illness or injury.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Hospitals and clinics
- Public health and sanitation
- Magical and mental therapy
- Medical therapy
- Medical care
- Medical personnel
- Pregnancy
- Childbirth
- Infant care
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Taiwan Hokkien
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- M. A. Marcus
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1972-1973
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- 'Chaochang,' Hai-shan region, Taipei hsien, Taiwan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Katherine Gould-Martin
- Thesis (Ph.D.) - Rutgers University, 1976
- UM 77-07226
- Includes bibliography
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Taiwanese