Their Footprints Remain : Biomedical Beginnings Across the Indo-Tibetan Frontier

McKay, Alex

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“…31 On the establishment of biomedicine prior to this, see McKay 2007. In the rural areas of Tsang province, private doctors encounter great challenges in their interface with the offi cial health care system. As compared to biomedicine, which is reimbursed by the CMS insurance scheme, Tibetan medicine provided by private doctors appears expensive and is often unaff ordable.…”

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Socio-Economic Dimensions of Tibetan Medicine in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China

Hofer¹

2008

Asian Med

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Th is article investigates some of the socio-economic dimensions of contemporary Tibetan medical practices in the rural areas of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), China. Th e article is divided into two parts. Part One, printed in the last issue of the journal, deals with traditional medical practitioners and their medical practices within the governmental health care system in the TAR. It sheds light on the workings and the eff ects that the commodification of the offi cial health care system have had on its Tibetan medical practitioners, most of whom now work as hybrid practitioners and incorporate Chinese-style biomedicine into their practice.

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Socio-Economic Dimensions of Tibetan Medicine in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China

Hofer¹

2008

Asian Med

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“…61 Clark 1995, p. 232, my emphasis. 62 On the establishment of biomedicine prior to this, see McKay 2007. Transportation and roads in TAR have improved and expanded over the last decade, enabling more goods and larger volumes of more sophisticated drugs, among them drips in glass bottles, to reach isolated places. However, taking into account historical, political and logistical developments, I consider that the CMS scheme, which is currently biased towards biomedicine, together with a steady increase in the price of Tibetan medicines, are leading factors for the current decline in the use of Sowa Rigpa by doctors and patients, at least in the rural fi ve counties of Shigatse prefecture where I have worked.…”

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Socio-Economic Dimensions of Tibetan Medicine in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China Part One

Hofer¹

2008

Asian Med

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Th is article investigates some of the socio-economic dimensions of contemporary Tibetan healing practices in the rural areas of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) in China. It sheds light on the workings and the eff ects the commodifi cation of the offi cial Chinese health care system, which started in the late 1990s, have had on Tibetan medicine and how these are related to the concurrent re-introduction of the Co-operative Medical Services (CMS) scheme throughout rural China. Th e contribution to this journal is divided into two parts. Part One predominantly deals with the medical practitioners and the practices within governmental health care in the TAR. Part Two, which will be printed in the next issue of the journal, deals with the private sector of Tibetan medicine. Both parts focus on the situation in the Tsang or Shigatse region of the western and central TAR, hence enabling there to be useful comparisons with medical practices in the capital Lhasa, most of the anthropological literature has focused on so far. Both contributions are based on extensive anthropological fi eldwork in Lhasa and the Tsang region of Tibet.

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“…Following the line of argument that western medicines ensured better treatment, the Indian historians and writers, most notably Poonam Bala (1991) [36] and Biswamoy Pati (2001) [37], have all sought to link the role of medicine to the establishment and security of colonial power, and considered medicine as one of the benefits of colonial expansion. Despite Padel (1995) [38] arguing that Christian missionaries tried to give birth to "soldiers of Christ" through their spiritual and health activities, and that Western medicines were meant for healing the bodies and salvation of souls, ultimately its usage did not produce a large number of converts because medicine and evangelisation could rarely be put together into practice [39] (p. 61), [40]. That being said, for David Arnold [41] (pp.…”

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“…Education and medicine were seen as "tools" after the practical experiences of missionaries in the field, and in the last few decades of the nineteenth century, these systems were accepted as an integral part of the missionary enterprise. It was established that schools and hospitals, along with preaching, the trio acted as "great evangelistic agencies" [39] (p. 57).)…”

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Spirituality and Conflict in Healthcare: The History of the Canadian Baptists and Medical Mission in Orissa, 1900–1970

Roy

2021

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It was from the middle of the eighteenth century that discussions regarding the strategies taken up by the Protestant missionaries to propagate the Gospel generated the issue of healthcare and medical facilities among people in India. Medical mission, which hitherto was not considered, started to gain importance and reaped positive results in terms of curing individuals and its trustworthiness among tribes residing in the frontier regions. However, this developed a separatist religious identity among the population, which apparently did not appear lethal, but later culminated in the fragmentation and impeachment of solidarity among the adivais (tribal) and vengeance from the Hindu population. This article will show how the Canadian Baptist Mission, with its primary aim of spreading the Kingdom of God among the tribal Savaras in the Ganjam district of Orissa, undertook measures for serving health issues and provided medical facilities to both the caste Oriyas and the tribal Savaras. Although medical activities oriented towards philanthropy and physical well-being, medical mission was not limited to healing illness and caring for all, but also extended to spreading the word of God and influencing the people to embrace Christianity as well, which invited political troubles into the region.

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Their Footprints Remain : Biomedical Beginnings Across the Indo-Tibetan Frontier

Abstract: A l e x M c K a y a m s t e r d a m u n i v e r s i t y p r e s s

Cited by 9 publications

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Socio-Economic Dimensions of Tibetan Medicine in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China

Socio-Economic Dimensions of Tibetan Medicine in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China

Socio-Economic Dimensions of Tibetan Medicine in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China Part One

Spirituality and Conflict in Healthcare: The History of the Canadian Baptists and Medical Mission in Orissa, 1900–1970

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