Background
Guo, Zibin was born on January 18, 1961 in Nanjing, China. Came to the United States, 1986. Son of Wenxue Guo and Yueqing Wu.
(Navigating the maze of modern American health care is rar...)
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.
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Guo, Zibin was born on January 18, 1961 in Nanjing, China. Came to the United States, 1986. Son of Wenxue Guo and Yueqing Wu.
Bachelor, Nanjing University, 1982. Master of Arts, University Connecticut, 1988. Doctor of Philosophy, University Connecticut, 1994.
Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1997.
Director clinical studies New England School Accupuncture, Watertown, Massachusetts, 1995. Lecturer Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1997-1998. Assistant professor department sociology and anthropology University Tennessee, Chattanooga, since 1998.
Consultant New York Task Force on Immigrant/Health, New York City, 1993-1994, University Connecticut Medical Center, Farmington, 1995, Women's Research Center, Wellesley (Massachusetts) College, 1998-2000. Member advisory committee Institute Community Research, Hartford, Connecticut, since 2000.
(Navigating the maze of modern American health care is rar...)
Member American Anthropol. Association, Society for Applied Anthropology, United States Judo Association (life).