Oral history interview Tibetan monk doctor at Tibetan Hospital, 2000
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- Title
- Oral history interview Tibetan monk doctor at Tibetan Hospital, 2000
- Abstract
- Interview with Tibetan doctor in contemporary clinic who previously treated aristocrats in Shigatse from 1957 to 1965/66 when he was then sent to the countryside to treat farmers. As a Tibetan Buddhist monk, he also served as a member of the Buddhist Association and traveled in China. He has practiced medicine for more than 40 years, in most recent years in Lhasa Tibetan Hospital (Sman rtsis khan g), Tibetan medical training; on the changes in public health and medical practice in Tibet in the late 20th century, his training in the monastery, etc.; includes footage of doctor diagnosing woman patient with husband. Includes some footage of Lhasa street scenes, Potala Palace, stele inscription, and aerial photography of Tibetan valley areas.
- Collection Name
- Sino-Tibetan Oral History Project
- Subjects
- Physicians; Tibetans; Medicine, Tibetan; Hospitals; Clinical medicine; Lhasa (China); XigazeÌ‚ (China); Lha-sa Sman Rtsis Khaṅ
- Format
- video recordings; oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 2000
- Physical Description
- 1 video file (54 minutes)
- Note
- Content labeled Tape 19 on original time-coded shotlist.
- Note (Language)
- Interview in Tibetan with English translation; also conversation in Tibetan.
- Note (Funding)
- Digitized with funding by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute.
- Language
- English; Tibetan
- Library Location
- C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 7202483
- Also In
- Tibetan Studies Special Collections at Columbia University
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-8md0-x226