05 May 2003

Second International Congress on Tibetan Medicine, Nov 2003
Pro-Cultura, Inc., Pleasantville, NY, USA
Supplied note: "The Second International Congress on Tibetan Medicine, Practicing the Art of the Medicine Buddha in the West: from Tradition to Evidence, Research and Practical Applications (ICTM-2) will take place November 5 - 8, 2003 at the Hyatt Regency in Washington DC, USA.
The First International Congress on Tibetan Medicine: Revealing the Art of the Medicine Buddha (November 7 - 9, 1998 - Washington DC, USA) was the first major international conference on Tibetan medicine in the west and provided an introduction to the many varied elements of Tibetan medicine: historical, geographical and environmental issues; research, translation and epistemological aspects; a survey of the different modalities and practices, as well as modern applications in western medicine. The conference brought together Tibetan doctors and lamas from around the globe in a spectacular celebration of Tibetan medicine, and was attended by over 2000 people.
ICTM-2 [...] conference will focus primarily on emerging themes that directly affect the application and practice of Tibetan medicine in the west. Key themes of ICTM-2 include: * Highlights and potential contributions of Tibetan medicine and Buddhism to western medical practice; * Recent developments in Buddhism and health, mind/body, meditation and neuroscience research; * Latest advances in clinical research; * Issues of integration of Tibetan medicine into current clinical practice; * The future and sustainability of Tibetan medicine in the west, with a special focus on education, legislation, IPR and on conservation initiatives of Tibetan medicinal products. For program and registration information, please visit our website [The Pro-Cultura's Website on Tibetan Medicine - ed.] at www.tibetmedicine.org - as."
Site contents: Program; Conference Information; Registration; Organizers; Exhibitors; Sponsors.
URL http://www.tibetmedicine.org/ictm2.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link suggested by: Anna Souza (anna[use"@"]procultura.org), forwarded by tibetan-studies-l[use"@"]coombs.anu.edu.au
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30