Agnes G Loeffler
Biographic Data
| ID | 457535 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Agnes G Loeffler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Agnes G |
| FAMILY NAME | Loeffler |
| SIGNATURE | LOEFFLER A G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The birthrate drop in Iran
Commentary
As much as has been written about allopathic hegemony silencing and replacing others’ viewpoints and voices in daily clinical encounters, one is impressed by the resistance with which individual patients counter the truth claims of allopathic medicine. The cognitive frames or schemas with which patients think about their illness and choose modes of redress are the basis of their engagement with medicine, and determine to what extent they will all…
Cultural Parameters of a "Miraculous" Birth Rate Drop
The Indigenisation of Allopathic Medicine in Iran
This article offers an analysis of two medical case histories presented by an Iranian allopathic physician to illustrate the power of diet in the management of disease. Uncovering underlying cultural assumptions about health and health maintenance strategies leads to the following insights: (1) Galenic medical ideas have not been replaced by allopathic theories in the world view of Iranian physicians; (2) allopathic medical treatment options (pha…
Individual Constitutions vs Universal Physiology
Allopathic medicine occupies a curious position in the medical anthropological literature. On the one hand partnered with big business and political interests it is vilified as an arm of hegemonic Western culture. In this class of scholarship allopathic medicine emerges as a monolithic system insensitive to local cultural contexts in which one physician can seemingly be substituted for another at any time and any place. On the other hand descript…
Health and Medical Practice in Iran
Allopathy is often described as ‘western’ medicine, the antithesis of homeopathy, yet all medical systems are infused with culture-specific values, ideas and beliefs. Agnes Loeffler’s insightful and original book investigates how allopathic knowledge, theories and practice guidelines come to be understood and applied by practitioners in a non-western context. Based on research amongst doctors in Iran, Loeffler describes how the system of allopath…
The Double-edged Foreign Connection
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The Double-edged Foreign Connection
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The Double-edged Foreign Connection
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Individual Constitutions vs Universal Physiology
Allopathic medicine occupies a curious position in the medical anthropological literature. On the one hand partnered with big business and political interests it is vilified as an arm of hegemonic Western culture. In this class of scholarship allopathic medicine emerges as a monolithic system insensitive to local cultural contexts in which one physician can seemingly be substituted for another at any time and any place. On the other hand descript…
Health and Medical Practice in Iran
Allopathy is often described as ‘western’ medicine, the antithesis of homeopathy, yet all medical systems are infused with culture-specific values, ideas and beliefs. Agnes Loeffler’s insightful and original book investigates how allopathic knowledge, theories and practice guidelines come to be understood and applied by practitioners in a non-western context. Based on research amongst doctors in Iran, Loeffler describes how the system of allopath…
The Indigenisation of Allopathic Medicine in Iran
This article offers an analysis of two medical case histories presented by an Iranian allopathic physician to illustrate the power of diet in the management of disease. Uncovering underlying cultural assumptions about health and health maintenance strategies leads to the following insights: (1) Galenic medical ideas have not been replaced by allopathic theories in the world view of Iranian physicians; (2) allopathic medical treatment options (pha…
Cultural Parameters of a "Miraculous" Birth Rate Drop
Commentary
As much as has been written about allopathic hegemony silencing and replacing others’ viewpoints and voices in daily clinical encounters, one is impressed by the resistance with which individual patients counter the truth claims of allopathic medicine. The cognitive frames or schemas with which patients think about their illness and choose modes of redress are the basis of their engagement with medicine, and determine to what extent they will all…
The birthrate drop in Iran
Philosophy (5 works) · Allopathic medicine (4 works) · Alternative medicine (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · History (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · History of Medicine Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works)