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The people's health : health intervention and delivery in Mao's China, 1949-1983 /

"In 1949, the Communist Party of China pledged that its approach to health care would differ markedly from that of the former Nationalist government and the 'imperialist' West. For the next thirty years under Mao's leadership, the People's Republic of China made improving th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zhou, Xun, 1968- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2020]
Colección:States, people, and the history of social change ; 2.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • THE PEOPLE'S HEALTH
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Map of China
  • Introduction
  • 1 Declaring War on Schistosomiasis
  • 2 An Unfolding Drama
  • 3 Eradicating Schistosomiasis as a Political Undertaking
  • 4 The Propaganda War
  • 5 The Great Leap Backward
  • 6 The People's Health in Crisis
  • 7 The Health Worker as 'True Revolutionary'
  • 8 Delivering Rural Health: From the State to Communities
  • 9 China in Global Health: From the 'Sick Man of Asia' to the 'Chinese Approach to Health'
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • Index