Improving access to traditional Chinese medicine
Lessons in pluralism from a UK Chinese National Healthy Living Centre
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12928134 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maria Tighe (University of Plymouth, corresponding author), Cam T L Tran |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 38-43 |
| Publication date | 2010-08-30 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1757-0980 • E-ISSN: 2042-8367 |
| Publisher | Emerald Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.5042/eihsc.2010.0509 |
| OpenAlex | W1991454940 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a rapidly developing healthcare practice. This exploratory case study of the role of TCM reveals how the use of TCM in a Chinese National Healthy Living Centre (CNHLC) raises the visibility of TCM as a Chinese cultural practice and challenges the relationship between ‘traditional’ medicine use and Chinese health inequalities. In this charitable mono‐ethnic context, TCM performs a plural function: on the one hand, Chinese ethnicities are a social disadvantage, providing rational justification for a culturally specific TCM service. On the other hand, the Chinese provision and use of TCM ‘fills the healthcare gap’, providing counter cultural means of building Chinese health and social capital in the UK healthcare market
Alternative medicine · China · Context (archaeology · Disadvantage · Ethnic group · Health care · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Traditional Chinese medicine · Traditional medicine · Viewpoints · Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies · Empathy and Medical Education · History · Law · Medicine · Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |