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Medicine between science and religion : explorations on Tibetan grounds
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Medicine between science and religion : explorations on Tibetan grounds

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Introduction : Medicine in translation between science and religion / Vincanne Adams, Mona Schrempf, Sienna R. Craig
Biomedicine in Tibet at the edge of modernity / Alex McKay
Tibetan medicine and Russian modernities / Martin Saxer
Navigating 'modern science' and 'traditional culture' : the Dharamsala Men-Tsee-Khang in India / Stephan Kloos
A Tibetan way of science : revisioning biomedicine as Tibetan practice / Vincanne Adams, Renchen Dhondup, Phuoc V. Le
Correlating biomedical and Tibetan medical terms in Amchi medical practice / Barbara Gerke
Between mantra and syringe : healing and health-seeking behaviour in contemporary Amdo / Mona Schrempf
From home to hospital : the extension of obstetrics in Ladakh / Kim Gutschow
From empowerments to power calculations : notes on efficacy, value and method / Sienna R. Craig
Qualitative and quantitative research methodology in Tibetan medicine : the history, background and development of research in Sowa Rigpa / Mingji Cuomu
The four tantras and the global market : changing epistemologies of drä ('bras) versus cancer / Olaf Czaja
Re-integrating the dharmic perspective in bio-behavioural research of a 'Tibetan yoga' (tsalung trükhor) intervention for people with cancer / Alejandro Chaoul
Epilogue : towards a Sowa Rigpa sensibility / Geoffrey Samuel.

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