This book examines the role of Nepali physicians in the revolutionary changes in 1990. These Western trained doctors have always been concerned with developing a form of medical practice relevant to Nepali conditions, that speaks to local conceptions about health, and so their medical practice was always politicized. The author reveals how very fine the line is between politics and scientific medical truth claims. Her study encompasses both the modern political history of Nepal and the role of medicine in a poor, largely rural, Hindu kingdom.
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This book examines the role of Nepali physicians in the revolutionary changes in 1990. These Western trained doctors have always been concerned to develop a form of medical practice relevant to Nepali conditions,speaking to local conceptions about health, and so their medical practice was always politicised. The author reveals how very fine the line is between politics and scientific medical truth claims. Her study encompasses both the modern political history of Nepal and the role of medicine in a poor, largely rural, Hindu kingdom.
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In 1989 Dr. Mathura Shrestha helped me and a group of US medical students to prepare a presentation for the Department of Community Medicine of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital on health conditions in a rural part of eastern Nepal. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
aphno manche, politicized medicine, politicizing medicine, science fetishism, panchayat democracy, panchayat regime, panchayat system, panchayat government, revolutionary medicine, medical truths, biomedical practitioners, biomedical services, health camps, social affiliations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Teaching Hospital, Bir Hospital, Nepali Congress, Nepal Medical Association, Department of Community Medicine, United States, Alma Ata, Jan Andolan, Tribhuvan University, Ministry of Health, South Asian, United Left Front, Professional Solidarity Group, Rishikesh Shaha, The Black Report, Bharat Pradhan, Ganesh Man Singh, Viet Cong, Institute of Medicine, Mathura Shrestha, Amnesty International, King Birendra, Prithvi Narayan Shah, Vicente Navarro, Class Eight New!
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In 1989 Dr. Mathura Shrestha helped me and a group of US medical students to prepare a presentation for the Department of Community Medicine of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital on health conditions in a rural part of eastern Nepal. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
aphno manche, politicized medicine, politicizing medicine, science fetishism, panchayat democracy, panchayat regime, panchayat system, panchayat government, revolutionary medicine, medical truths, biomedical practitioners, biomedical services, health camps, social affiliations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Teaching Hospital, Bir Hospital, Nepali Congress, Nepal Medical Association, Department of Community Medicine, United States, Alma Ata, Jan Andolan, Tribhuvan University, Ministry of Health, South Asian, United Left Front, Professional Solidarity Group, Rishikesh Shaha, The Black Report, Bharat Pradhan, Ganesh Man Singh, Viet Cong, Institute of Medicine, Mathura Shrestha, Amnesty International, King Birendra, Prithvi Narayan Shah, Vicente Navarro, Class Eight New!
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- Science, Hegemony and Violence: A Requiem for Modernity (Oxford India Paperbacks) by Ashis Nandy in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Nationalism and Ethnicity in a Hindu State: The Politics of Culture in Contemporary Nepal (Studies in Anthropology and History) by David N. Gellner in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact by Ludwik Fleck on page 174, and Back Matter
- Community Participation in Health: The Politics of Primary Care in Costa Rica (Cambridge Studies in Medical Anthropology) by Lynn M. Morgan in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Women's Buddhism, Buddhism's Women -- Tradition, Revision, Renewal by Ellison Banks Findly in Back Matter
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