Illness and Culture in Contemporary Japan
Emiko (Professor) Ohnuki-Tierney
Cambridge University Press, 1984
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Ohnuki-Tierney provides a detailed and historically informed account of the cultural practices and cultural meaning of health care in urban Japan. This book pays careful attention to everyday hygienic practices and beliefs, as well as presenting a comprehensive picture of formalized medicine, health care aspects of Japanese religions, and biomedicine.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521277860
- ISBN-10
- 0521277868
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 1984
- Publication date
- 1984-06-29
- Pages
- 260
- Dimensions
- 229x154x19
- Weight
- 415