Well-mannered medicine : medical ethics and etiquette in classical Ayurveda

Dagmar Wujastyk explores the moral discourses on the practice of medicine in the foundational texts of Ayurveda, showing how these works testify to an elaborate system of medical ethics and etiquette.

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Weitere Titel:
Well-mannered medicine
1. Verfasser:
Wujastyk, Dagmar
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Zusammenfassung:
Dagmar Wujastyk explores the moral discourses on the practice of medicine in the foundational texts of Ayurveda, showing how these works testify to an elaborate system of medical ethics and etiquette.
Umfang:
1 online resource.
Anmerkungen:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Schlagworte:
Medicine, Ayurvedic > India.
Medical ethics.
Professional-Patient Relations.
Medicine, Traditional.
Ethics, Clinical.
Complementary Therapies.
Ethics, Professional.
Delivery of Health Care.
Interpersonal Relations.
Culture.
Psychology, Social.
Ethics.
Anthropology, Cultural.
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation.
Therapeutics.
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.
Anthropology.
Humanities.
Psychology.
Social Sciences.
Sociology.
Ethics, Medical.
Medicine, Ayurvedic.
Physician-Patient Relations.
Medicine
Health & Biological Sciences
History of Medicine
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