Health Care in the People's Republic of China: Moving Toward Modernization

ISBN-13: 9780367016036 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 242 str.

Marilynn M Rosenthal

Opis

The Chinese health care system is deeply rooted in a traditional, agricultural way of life, but since the late 1970s it has been increasingly influenced by the dynamics of a modernizing society. Dr. Rosenthal, using data collected through interviews, small-scale surveys, and the Chinese press, examines how Chinese medicine is being transformed. She

Spis treści

Preface -- Introduction -- The Barefoot Doctors of China: From Political Creation to Professionalization -- Political Process and the Integration of Traditional and Western Medicine in the People's Republic of China -- Rural Health Care Delivery in the People's Republic of China: Is it Equitably Distributed? -- Family Planning at the Grass Roots: A Diversity of Approaches -- From Herbal Garden to Assembly Line: The Transformation of a Tradition -- Modernization and Health Care in the People's Republic of China: An Overview -- Locations and Institutions Visited by Study Groups, 1979 and 1981

O autorze

Marilynn M. Rosenthal is associate professor and medical sociologist in the Behavioral Sciences Department and director of the Program in Health and Society at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.