02295namaa2200433uu 4500 doab27450 oapen 20260305123949.0 m o d cr|mn|---annan 210210s2017 xx |||||o ||| 0|eng d oapen oapen eng dc MB bicssc Pols, Hans edt Translating the Body Medical Education in Southeast Asia Singapore National University of Singapore Press 2017 1 online resource (368 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star Western conceptions of the body differ significantly from indigenous knowledge and explanatory frameworks in Asia. As colonial governments assumed responsibility for health care, conceptions of the human body were translated into local languages and related to vernacular views of health, disease, and healing. The contributors to this volume chart and analyze the organization of western medical education in Southeast Asia, public health education in the region, and the response of practitioners of "traditional medicine". "Translating the body" is a shorthand for the formulation of medical ideas, practices, and epistemologies in contexts that require both interpretation and transmission. The process is both linguistic and cultural, and in approaching medical education, the book follows recent work in translation studies that underscores the translation not merely of words but of cultures. All rights reserved http://oapen.org/content/about-rights English Medicine: general issues bicssc Healthcare medical education public health education Southeast Asia Pols, Hans oth Thompson, C. Michelle edt Thompson, C. Michelle oth Warner, John Harley edt Warner, John Harley oth DOAB Library. https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/27450 0 Free-to-read: DOAB: description of the publication 92955 92955