Ginseng and Aspirin

Health Care Alternatives for Aging Chinese in New York

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Zibin Guo

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The anthropology of contemporary issues

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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.

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Zibin Guo is Assistant Professor of Medical Anthropology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Release date Australia

June 21st, 2000

Author

Zibin Guo

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Pages

192

Series

The anthropology of contemporary issues

Dimensions

152x229x21

ISBN-13

9780801437571

Product ID

25214020

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