title: Chinese medicine in Malaysia and Singapore: the business of healing.
abstract: Traditional Chinese medicine as it persists in several East and Southeast Asian countries, has undergone major changes. Such changes have reinforced the trading aspects of traditional Chinese medical practice with relatively little advantage for the medical care component. This paper examines the nature of changes in contemporary ethnic Chinese medical practice in Malaysia and Singapore with the aim of understanding their implications for the persistence of this medical tradition.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Policy Research, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Ooi
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D012846:Singapore
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal