Overview
Argues that the transnational transition of Chinese medicine has increasingly segregated the practice
Synthesizes the twenty first century development in the education and hospital practice of Chinese medicine in China and could be seen as revival of apprenticeship practice
Examines the commodification and contamination of Chinese medicine by the drug and health product manufacturers to meet the market demand
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Professionalization, Integration, and Hybridity
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Commodification and Marketing
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Transnational Transition
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About this book
This volume analyses the transition of Chinese medicine during the modern era, and the development of product and service niches in selected countries: China, Malaysia, Japan and the Philippines. By investigating the major actors behind the transition, it explores in what way and to what extent these actors affect the transition. It argues that the transnational transition of Chinese medicine is caused not only by spontaneous cultural and social factors, i.e. population growth, technological innovation and acculturation, but also by hegemonic political and economic factors such as Western influence, adoption of the philosophy of modern state, and global commodification of indigenous medical specialties.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Md. Nazrul Islam is an Associate Professor at the General Education Office, BNU-HKBU United International College. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Hong Kong; an MSc in Community Health and Health Management from Heidelberg University; and a Bachelor’s (First Class Honours) in Anthropology from Jahangirnagar University. Dr Islam has held visiting positions at the University of British Columbia, the University of Hong Kong, and Ateneo de Manila University. He is the author of Chinese and Indian Medicine Today-Branding Asia, published by Springer (2017).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Chinese Medicine and Transnational Transition during the Modern Era
Book Subtitle: Commodification, Hybridity, and Segregation
Editors: Md. Nazrul Islam
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9949-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-9948-4Published: 23 April 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-9951-4Published: 23 April 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-9949-1Published: 22 April 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 222
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Medicine, Sociology, general, World History, Global and Transnational History, Health Care Management, Medical Education