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Through an ethnography of the social and medical worlds of a community of Tibetan refugees in India, this book addresses two main questions: first, how has the prolonged displacement of Tibetan refugees affected concepts of health in the exile community? Second, how has exile changed traditional Tibetan medical practices? It explores how social changes linked to exile have influenced concepts of health and illness in the Tibetan refugee community of Dharamsala and by looking at recent changes in the theory and practice of traditional Tibetan medicine investigates the role of traditional Tibetan medicine in sustaining public health in the exile community.
Audrey Prost is a lecturer in International Health at University College London.
Table of IllustrationsList of TablesAcknowledgementsNote on transliteration and the Wylie systemList of abbreviations usedIntroductionPART I: INEQUALITIES IN EXILEChapter 1. "Because we are Tibetans": Talking about healthChapter 2. "India is the happiest place!" Contextualising ExileChapter 3. "If this place doesn’t agree with you, wounds and diseases will come"Chapter 4. From "old-timers" to "newcomers": inequalities in the DiasporaPART II: THE ROLE OF TRADITIONAL TIBETAN MEDICINEChapter 5. The Mentsikhang: Construing AuthorityChapter 6. Humours on trial: the Mentsikhang’s dilemmasConclusionNotesGlossaryReferencesIndex
