Download or read book Health and Medicine in the Hindu Tradition written by Prakash N. Desai and published by Crossroad Publishing. This book was released on 1989 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desai (born in India) is a professor of clinical psychiatry at the U. of Illinois, Chicago and chief of psychiatric service at the VA West Side Medical Center (Chicago). He analyzes the religious and philosophical underpinings of the traditions of medicine and the health ideals of Hindus, taking account of their historical and developmental moorings. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR