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Medical Ethics in Imperial China: A Study in Historical Anthropology

Medical Ethics in Imperial China: A Study in Historical Anthropology

Hardcover

Series: Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care

Medical ReferenceAnthropologyGeneral Asian History

ISBN10: 0520035437
ISBN13: 9780520035430
Publisher: Univ Of California Pr
Published: Feb 20 1979
Pages: 154
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This book, the first comprehensive history of explicity medical ethics in pre-modern China, spans the period from 500 B.C. through the nineteenth century and provides literal translations of all accessible codes of ethics in the known Chinese medical literature. The inclusion in addition of writings possessing ethical implications makes possible cultural comparisons with the corresponding literatures in the West.

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