Robert T Frank
Biographic Data
| ID | 3603550 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert T Frank |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert T |
| FAMILY NAME | Frank |
| SIGNATURE | FRANK R T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bielefeld University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1925 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Conceptualizing Hybridization
Scholars have explored a broad range of topics affected by the dynamics of globalization. The field of 'medicine', however, has largely been neglected, even though there is a long history of transcontinental diffusion of medical knowledge. This article aims to analyse the latest episode in medical globalization: the diffusion of Asian medical knowledge to the western world. Twenty-nine semistructured interviews with German medical doctors who are…
Medical acupuncture in Germany
Since the (re) emergence of heterodox medicine across the Western world, there have been numerous interpretations of this phenomenon by the social sciences. Heterodox patients were said to be active consumers holding postmodern values, while heterodox physicians were described as heretics. Medical doctors taking up heterodox medicine were criticised for acting in their own financial interests. To examine these notions, we selected the most promin…
Towards an ethnography of Indian homeopathy
Despite its large number of practitioners, medical anthropology has given little attention to Indian homeopathy. In historical accounts, homeopathy's popularity is explained by its position as a modern, yet non-colonial form of medicine, which became indigenized during the last 150 years. Other scholars argue that homeopathic concepts converge with Indian ideas on healing. However, few empirical data have been gathered on homeopathic practice in …
Integrating homeopathy and biomedicine
The purpose of this study is to assess the ways in which homeopathic physicians deal with the conceptual tensions between homeopathy and biomedicine. The data-collection included twenty semi-structured interviews which were conducted with homeopathic physicians in Berlin. Three distinct patterns of homeopathic practice emerged from the data: a) segregating the patients into categories of homeopathic and biomedical patients; b) complementing a pre…
Ayurvedic patients in Germany
In the sociology of health and illness, the heterogeneous field of heterodox medicine is often conceptualised as a more or less homogeneous entity. All kinds of heterodox modes of treatment are pooled together in order to discover the heterodox patient. In this way, differences between several heterodox modes of treatment are lost and the emerging picture remains vague. In this paper, we concentrate on one particular mode of treatment: Ayurveda. …
A New Method of Assaying the Potency of the Female Sex Hormone Based Upon Its Effect on the Spontaneous Contraction of the Uterus of the White Rat
Integrating homeopathy and biomedicine
The purpose of this study is to assess the ways in which homeopathic physicians deal with the conceptual tensions between homeopathy and biomedicine. The data-collection included twenty semi-structured interviews which were conducted with homeopathic physicians in Berlin. Three distinct patterns of homeopathic practice emerged from the data: a) segregating the patients into categories of homeopathic and biomedical patients; b) complementing a pre…
Conceptualizing Hybridization
Scholars have explored a broad range of topics affected by the dynamics of globalization. The field of 'medicine', however, has largely been neglected, even though there is a long history of transcontinental diffusion of medical knowledge. This article aims to analyse the latest episode in medical globalization: the diffusion of Asian medical knowledge to the western world. Twenty-nine semistructured interviews with German medical doctors who are…
Medical acupuncture in Germany
Since the (re) emergence of heterodox medicine across the Western world, there have been numerous interpretations of this phenomenon by the social sciences. Heterodox patients were said to be active consumers holding postmodern values, while heterodox physicians were described as heretics. Medical doctors taking up heterodox medicine were criticised for acting in their own financial interests. To examine these notions, we selected the most promin…
Ayurvedic patients in Germany
In the sociology of health and illness, the heterogeneous field of heterodox medicine is often conceptualised as a more or less homogeneous entity. All kinds of heterodox modes of treatment are pooled together in order to discover the heterodox patient. In this way, differences between several heterodox modes of treatment are lost and the emerging picture remains vague. In this paper, we concentrate on one particular mode of treatment: Ayurveda. …
Towards an ethnography of Indian homeopathy
Despite its large number of practitioners, medical anthropology has given little attention to Indian homeopathy. In historical accounts, homeopathy's popularity is explained by its position as a modern, yet non-colonial form of medicine, which became indigenized during the last 150 years. Other scholars argue that homeopathic concepts converge with Indian ideas on healing. However, few empirical data have been gathered on homeopathic practice in …
A New Method of Assaying the Potency of the Female Sex Hormone Based Upon Its Effect on the Spontaneous Contraction of the Uterus of the White Rat
Integrating homeopathy and biomedicine
The purpose of this study is to assess the ways in which homeopathic physicians deal with the conceptual tensions between homeopathy and biomedicine. The data-collection included twenty semi-structured interviews which were conducted with homeopathic physicians in Berlin. Three distinct patterns of homeopathic practice emerged from the data: a) segregating the patients into categories of homeopathic and biomedical patients; b) complementing a pre…
Ayurvedic patients in Germany
In the sociology of health and illness, the heterogeneous field of heterodox medicine is often conceptualised as a more or less homogeneous entity. All kinds of heterodox modes of treatment are pooled together in order to discover the heterodox patient. In this way, differences between several heterodox modes of treatment are lost and the emerging picture remains vague. In this paper, we concentrate on one particular mode of treatment: Ayurveda. …
Conceptualizing Hybridization
Scholars have explored a broad range of topics affected by the dynamics of globalization. The field of 'medicine', however, has largely been neglected, even though there is a long history of transcontinental diffusion of medical knowledge. This article aims to analyse the latest episode in medical globalization: the diffusion of Asian medical knowledge to the western world. Twenty-nine semistructured interviews with German medical doctors who are…
Medical acupuncture in Germany
Since the (re) emergence of heterodox medicine across the Western world, there have been numerous interpretations of this phenomenon by the social sciences. Heterodox patients were said to be active consumers holding postmodern values, while heterodox physicians were described as heretics. Medical doctors taking up heterodox medicine were criticised for acting in their own financial interests. To examine these notions, we selected the most promin…
Towards an ethnography of Indian homeopathy
Despite its large number of practitioners, medical anthropology has given little attention to Indian homeopathy. In historical accounts, homeopathy's popularity is explained by its position as a modern, yet non-colonial form of medicine, which became indigenized during the last 150 years. Other scholars argue that homeopathic concepts converge with Indian ideas on healing. However, few empirical data have been gathered on homeopathic practice in …
Medicine (6 works) · Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (5 works) · Alternative medicine (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Medical education (3 works)