Sheehan H E
Department of Sociology/Anthropology, St. John's University, Jamaica, NY 11439, USA.
Bull Indian Inst Hist Med Hyderabad. 1996;26(1-2):103-18.
Now-a-days there is renewed interest all over the world in the medical systems other than modern medicine, identified as 'alternative' or 'conplementary' medicine. Research on these medical systems of India, as well as of other Asian societies continues to thrive. In this study, efforts has been made to place these systems in a frame work using the tolls of sociology. The research undertaken encompassed more than this, private clinics and the government hospitals of these systems in Hyderabad and miscellaneous, clinics, such as bone setters also.
如今，全世界对现代医学之外的医疗体系重新产生了兴趣，这些体系被视为“替代医学”或“补充医学”。对印度以及其他亚洲社会的这些医疗体系的研究持续蓬勃发展。在本研究中，已努力运用社会学工具将这些体系置于一个框架之中。所开展的研究涵盖的不止这些，还包括海得拉巴这些体系的私人诊所和政府医院，以及正骨师诊所等各类诊所。
