Traditional Chinese Medicine: Encountering Science

3 credits · Undergraduate

Competition and dialogue between Chinese and Western medicine. Historical debates about anatomy and the reality of the body. Efforts to "scientize" Chinese medicine. Current integration of Chinese and biomedical practice in the US, use of biomedical standards to evaluate Chinese medicine's efficacy, critical evaluation of current scientific literature. Serves as repeat credit for ASIA 3630. Prerequisite: ASIA 2630 or HIST 2112. [3] (P)