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Breathing Spaces : Qigong, Psychiatry, and Healing in China
Breathing Spaces Qigong Psychiatry and Healing in China Author:Nancy N. Chen The charismatic form of healing called qigong, which at its core involves meditative breathing exercises, achieved enormous popularity in China during the last two decades. Anthropologist Nancy N. Chen examines the cultural context of medicine and healing practices in the PRC, Taiwan, and the United States, and the pages of her book come alive w... more »ith the narratives of the numerous practitioners, healers, psychiatric patients, doctors, and bureaucrats she interviewed.« less