Traditional Chinese medicine's journey to recognition in independent Singapore

• Main Author: Lam, Calvin Keen Young
• Other Authors: -
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Humanities::History
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144486
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

TCM was the mainstream healthcare provider for the majority of Singapore’s population during the colonial period even though the colonial administrators perceived TCM to be unscientific. However, the government did not recognize TCM as a legitimate mainstream healthcare provider (1965-1993) after it...