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http://dx.doi.org/10.15521/JKMH.2015.28.1.001

Medical Texts as the Health Care System in the Joseon Dynasty :An Anthropological View on the Meaning of Medical-Text Publication  

Kim, Taewoo (Dept. of Medical History, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung-Hee University)
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The Journal of Korean Medical History / v.28, no.1, 2015 , pp. 1-10 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study examines the meaning of medical-text publication in the Joseon Dynasty by applying anthropological notions of "health care system" and "popular health care sector" to the social and political contexts of the pre-modern state. The present study focuses on the social network of senders and receivers in which medical knowledge is communicated and shared. Exploring the multi-layered structure of the network among the state, the author-practitioners, and populace, this study argues that the network of knowledge sharing system by publication of medical texts itself is a core structure in the health care system of the Joseon Dynasty. This pre-modern health care system aimed to vitalize and reinforce the "popular health care sector" by sharing medical knowledge with populace through the book-publication system. Foucault's notion of "biopolitics" provides a comparative window between the modern health care system and the health care system of the Joseon period, articulating the particularity of the pre-modern health care system.
Keywords
Health care system; Popular health care sector; Biopoliics; Medical Anthropology; "Uibangyuchi"; "Hyangyakjipseongbang"; "Donguibogam";
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