Ginseng and Aspirin

Author: Zibin Guo
Edition: 1st
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0801486513
Category: Medical

Ginseng and Aspirin: Healthcare Alternatives for Aging Chinese in New York (Anthropology of Contemporary Issues)

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. Download Ginseng and Aspirin medical books for free.
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 Get Ginseng and Aspirin our bestseller medical books.

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For immigrants, finding their way can be difficult-especially for those to whom Western medicine is itself unfamiliar 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

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