Paradoxes of a Colonial Medicalization
Monnais-Rousselot, Laurence
Paradoxes of a Colonial Medicalization - 2002.
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The history of the Hanoi medical school, which first opened its doors in 1902, reveals several striking aspects of the professionalization of indigenous medicine in Vietnam (French Indo-China) in the first half of the 20th century. And yet, no historical account of this model colonial institution which became a medical school in the space of three decades could adequately convey the ambiguities involved in this process, the reasons behind them and their legacy. To circumscribe the true content of this complex movement, we must first examine the evolution of the legislation surrounding Indo-Chinese medicine and with regard to the texts on the medical profession in France, but we also need to look for the signs of legitimization in the region itself, more specifically in daily practice and in the scientific recognition of a certain number of practitioners. Such a translation brings to light realities inherent in the colonial setting and in the maintenance of a dominant-dominated relationship ; at the same time it casts a new light on a few distinctive features of the Vietnamese health professional after 1945, and in particular on his major role in defining, defending and practicing a syncretic national medicine, and in constructing a dual health system based on new ambivalences.
Paradoxes of a Colonial Medicalization - 2002.
58
The history of the Hanoi medical school, which first opened its doors in 1902, reveals several striking aspects of the professionalization of indigenous medicine in Vietnam (French Indo-China) in the first half of the 20th century. And yet, no historical account of this model colonial institution which became a medical school in the space of three decades could adequately convey the ambiguities involved in this process, the reasons behind them and their legacy. To circumscribe the true content of this complex movement, we must first examine the evolution of the legislation surrounding Indo-Chinese medicine and with regard to the texts on the medical profession in France, but we also need to look for the signs of legitimization in the region itself, more specifically in daily practice and in the scientific recognition of a certain number of practitioners. Such a translation brings to light realities inherent in the colonial setting and in the maintenance of a dominant-dominated relationship ; at the same time it casts a new light on a few distinctive features of the Vietnamese health professional after 1945, and in particular on his major role in defining, defending and practicing a syncretic national medicine, and in constructing a dual health system based on new ambivalences.
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