Ginseng and Aspirin

Health Care Alternatives for Aging Chinese in New York

Bibliographic Data

ID19924247
AuthorsZibin Guo (corresponding author)
Year2019
Pages192
Publication date2019-12-31
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueGinseng and Aspirin (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCornell University Press (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.7591/9781501721717
OpenAlexW1500122309
ISBN9781501721717
Open LibraryOL33679939M
LanguageEN
Citations received10

Navigating the maze of modern American health care is rarely easy; those who enter it are confronted with a dizzying array of specialists, practitioners, and clinics from which to choose, and are forced to make decisions regarding drugs and treatments about which they may know very little. For immigrants, finding their way can be difficult—especially for those to whom Western medicine is itself unfamiliar.In this engaging, accessible, and detail-rich book, Zibin Guo narrates elderly Chinese immigrants' response to contemporary American medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes self-care and the medicinal value of foods and herbs; American doctors' responses to the ailments of their Chinese patients can seem impersonal and unnecessarily interventionist. Distrust, expense, and problems of communication and interpretation often frustrate both patient and practitioner.Guo paints a picture of a population that, despite its outward appearance of homogeneity, demonstrates a surprisingly wide variety of health-care knowledge, practice, and belief. Using case materials and interviews, he analyzes the blend of folk treatments and respect for Western science that coexist in the health care regimens of these elderly Chinese immigrants

Alternative medicine · Aspirin · Ginseng · Traditional medicine · Antioxidants, Aging, Portulaca oleracea · Chinese history and philosophy · Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Aged · Asian · chinese · Chinese Americans · Cross-Cultural Comparison · Delivery of Health Care · Health and hygiene · Medical care · Minority Groups · Minority older people · New York (State) · Older people, medical care · Social aspects · Transcultural medical care · united states · Gerontology

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