Medical Ethics in Imperial China : A Study in Historical Anthropology / Paul U. Unschuld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Unschuld, Paul U., Author.

Series:

Comparative studies of health systems and medical care ; 2

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2020

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

one. Introduction

two. A Conflict over the Distribution of Medical Resources

three. Concluding Remarks

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Okt 2020)

ISBN:

0-520-35314-5

OCLC:

1198930681