Dichotomies in western biomedicine and Ayurveda: health-illness and body-mind
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Moreno-Leguizamon, Carlos (2005) Dichotomies in western biomedicine and Ayurveda: health-illness and body-mind. Economic and Political Weekly, 40 (30). pp. 3302-3310.
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Abstract
What in the western dichotomy of body-mind is seen as a separation of two aspects that influence each other, in Ayurveda it is seen as a holistic identity that has certain consequences. While biomedicine focuses on the body and illness, it is clear that Ayurveda focuses on the emotional and the person. These body-mind and health-illness dichotomies are vital to understand how a medical system is culturally, historically and politically constructed over time.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Ayurveda, biomedicine, illness, medical system |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine |
| School / Department / Research Groups: | School of Health & Social Care |
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| Last Modified: | 29 Oct 2010 14:35 |
| URI: | http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/4008 |
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