Name: ginseng and aspirin: health care alternatives for aging chinese in new york (en Inglés)
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Author: Guo, Zibin
ISBN: 9780801486517

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Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Zibin Guo

Editorial

Cornell University Press

Año

2000

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

192

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

23.4 x 15.4 x 1.3 cm

Peso

0.23 kg.

ISBN

0801486513

ISBN13

9780801486517

Categorías

Grupos étnicos y estudios multiculturales
Vejez y envejecimiento
Sistemas y servicios de la salud
Medicina popular y salud

ginseng and aspirin: health care alternatives for aging chinese in new york (en Inglés)

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Reseña del libro "ginseng and aspirin: health care alternatives for aging chinese in new york (en Inglés)"

Navigating the maze of modern American health care is rarely easy; those who enter it are confronted with a dizzying array of specialists, practitioners, and clinics from which to choose, and are forced to make decisions regarding drugs and treatments about which they may know very little. For immigrants, finding their way can be difficult--especially for those to whom Western medicine is itself unfamiliar.In this engaging, accessible, and detail-rich book, Zibin Guo narrates elderly Chinese immigrants' response to contemporary American medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes self-care and the medicinal value of foods and herbs; American doctors' responses to the ailments of their Chinese patients can seem impersonal and unnecessarily interventionist. Distrust, expense, and problems of communication and interpretation often frustrate both patient and practitioner.Guo paints a picture of a population that, despite its outward appearance of homogeneity, demonstrates a surprisingly wide variety of health-care knowledge, practice, and belief. Using case materials and interviews, he analyzes the blend of folk treatments and respect for Western science that coexist in the health care regimens of these elderly Chinese immigrants.