Medical pluralism on Mount Everest

• Author / Creator

  Callaghan, Michael Mather

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Sherpa (Nepalese people). Medical care.
  • Mountaineering injuries. Treatment. Social aspects.
  • Mountaineers. Medical care.
  • Traditional medicine. Nepal. Khumbu Valley.
  • Traditional medicine. Nepal. Khumbu Valley. Foreign influences.
  • Medicine, Ayurvedic. Nepal. Khumbu Valley.
  • Buddhist medicine. Nepal. Khumbu Valley.
  • Shamanism. Nepal. Khumbu Valley.
  • Cultural pluralism.
  • Mountaineering expeditions. Nepal. Khumbu Valley.
  • Everest, Mount (China and Nepal). Ethnic relations.
  • Everest, Mount (China and Nepal). Discovery and exploration.
  • Everest, Mount (China and Nepal). Social conditions.
  • Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)

• Graduation date

  2006

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master of Arts

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-nhj6-bq54

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for the purpose of private, scholarly or scientific research. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.