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Theory

Phenomenology and Chinese Medicine : the lifeworld, holism and integrative medicine

5 August 2009 Learning

For your Wednesday (or Thursday, depending on where you are) reading pleasure, I would like to offer the third piece of my Chinese medicine thesis, written at NCNM. As promised, I’m breaking it up into bite-sized chunks and only presenting the final chapter. The next installment will be the last. I hope, in weeks thereafter, [...]

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Phenomenology and Chinese Medicine : Our body is the greatest medical technology

29 July 2009 Ethics

So, as promised – here is the next portion of my thesis written for my degree in Classical Chinese Medicine at NCNM in Portland. I hope you enjoy it! For those folks who requested the first chapters – I’ll get them to you soon. I’m trying to chop this into many smaller pieces so they [...]

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Phenomenology and Classical Chinese Medicine

22 July 2009 The profession

I promised I would release portions of my thesis (written for my degree in Classical Chinese Medicine) online. Reading through it, I realize that most of you are likely to be mostly uninterested in the first three chapters. In those chapters, I write a brief history of the concept of pseudoscience through time, elucidating [...]

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Writing and the formation of a vigorous Chinese medicine profession

8 June 2009 Learning

So, I passed my thesis defense! I have a few revisions to make – when I’m done with those and have final approval I will (a) breathe a big sigh of relief, (b) begin posting portions of my thesis for discussion on the blog. As I see the topic, particularly of the last half of [...]

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Wellsphere Health Blogger Awards!

22 December 2008 Theory

Hey everyone,
It’s time for another award competition! :) This one is on an interesting new health-focused website : Wellsphere. You may have noticed the badge I got for being a “top health blogger” in the sidebar on the right side of the screen. I think this site has a lot of promise – I really [...]

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