Humanistic Approach of the Early Protestant Medical Missionaries in Nineteenth-Century China
The efficacies of Western and Chinese medicine have been under debate for a long time, and the whole issue still raises questions for the contemporary world. The article emphasizes the humanistic approach as well as the scientific method of the early Protestant medical missionaries to China, so as t...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Zygon
Year: 2016, Volume: 51, Issue: 1, Pages: 100-112 |
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medical science
B Robert Morrison B Religion B Efficacy B Humanity B Peter Parker B medical missionaries B Protestant missions B Traditional Chinese Medicine |
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Summary: | The efficacies of Western and Chinese medicine have been under debate for a long time, and the whole issue still raises questions for the contemporary world. The article emphasizes the humanistic approach as well as the scientific method of the early Protestant medical missionaries to China, so as to give a more comprehensive scope to understand their historical roles and practices in a cross-cultural context. The authors also wish to call for a global readership to further discuss this historical legacy with regard to the reception of Christianity in contemporary China and other East Asian countries. |
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ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12238 |