Asian Medicine
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I. Basic Journal Info

Country

Netherlands

Journal ISSN: 1573420X, 15734218

Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers

History: 2005-2021

Journal Hompage: Link

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Scope/Description:

Asian Medicine Journal of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicinepreviously subtitled Tradition and Modernity is a multidisciplinary journal aimed at researchers andpractitioners of Asian medicine. It makes available in one single publication academic essays thatexplore the historical anthropological sociological and philological dimensions of Asian medicine aswell as practice reports from clinicians based in Asia and in Western countries translations of relevanttexts and other types of articles. With the recent upsurge of interest in nonWestern alternativeapproaches to health care Asian Medicine will be of relevance to those studying the crossculturaltranslations and adaptations of Asian medical systems in the age of globalization. It will also be relevantto those who wish to learn more about the traditional background and contemporary practice of Asianmedicines within their countries of origin. On account of its appeal to scholars from a range of academicbackgrounds such as history philology anthropology sociology archaeology as well as to practitionersbased in Asia and in Western medical institutions and alternative health care settings the journalconstitutes a unique resource for both scholarly and clinically focused institutions.