Kleinman A M
Am J Chin Med (Gard City N Y). 1975 Apr;3(2):103-24. doi: 10.1142/s0192415x75000141.
This article explores a distinctly different aspect of Chinese medicine, and of health care in Chinese culture, from that receiving most attention and serious study at present in this country. It examines the symbolic structure and significance of illness and care in the Chinese context by (a) applying concepts developed in anthropology and the cross-cultural study of medicine and psychiatry; (b) examining recent studies of folk and popular forms of health care in contemporary Chinese communities; and (c) raising questions about the congnitive structure, cultural background, and bio-social significance of traditional Chinese healing beliefs and practices. An attempt is made to place this analysis in a comparative framework, so that Chinese cases can be related to health care systems in other cultural settings.
本文探讨了中医以及中国文化中的医疗保健中一个截然不同的方面，这与目前在该国受到最多关注和深入研究的方面有所不同。它通过以下方式审视了中国背景下疾病与护理的象征结构及意义：（a）应用人类学以及医学与精神病学跨文化研究中发展出的概念；（b）审视当代华人社区中民间和流行的医疗保健形式的近期研究；（c）提出有关中医治疗理念与实践的认知结构、文化背景以及生物社会意义的问题。本文试图将这一分析置于一个比较框架之中，以便能够将中国的案例与其他文化背景下的医疗保健系统联系起来。
