[Cultural anthropology of traditional Chinese medicine].
Biological, psychological and sociological model of medicine substantializes the old model lacking the social humane attributes. The new medical model makes people take medical anthropology into research and highly evaluate traditional medical system. Cultural anthropology of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is part of medical anthropology with three major characteristics: wide research scope, specificity, and integration. It has developed its own research methods, such as field investigation, comprehensive inspection and comparison study. Cultural anthropology provides an efficient research method for TCM, and its application would further develop TCM theory and form comprehensive evaluation on TCM effects.
Wan
Xia
X
Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100005, China.
Liu
Jian-ping
JP
Ai
Yan-ke
YK
Li
Liu-ji
LJ
D000883:Anthropology; D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional