Table of contents : Contents Acronyms and Abbreviations Preface 1. Place 2. North, South, East, and West: Cultural Formations of Vietnamese Medicine 3. An Ethnography of Health and Illness in Northern Vietnam 4. Traditional Household Medicine 5. Familiar Medicine: Antibiotics in Market and Culture 6. The Patterning of Medical Choices 7. Local and Global Pharmacy Governance: The King’s Law Stops at the Village Gate? Notes Glossary References Index