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This volume examines important aspects of China''s century-long search to provide appropriate and effective health care for its people. Four subjects-disease and healing, encounters and accommodations, institutions and professions, and people''s health-organize discussions across...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Bullock, Mary Brown (Editor ), Andrews, Bridie (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Public health.
Medicine.
Medical care.
MEDICAL > History.
MEDICAL > Osteopathy.
MEDICAL > Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Essays.
MEDICAL > Atlases.
MEDICAL > Alternative Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
history of medicine.
Medecine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Medecine > Histoire.
Sante publique > Chine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Medecine > Chine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Public Health > trends
Public Health > history
History, 20th Century
History of Medicine
Medicine > History.
Public health > China > History > 20th century.
Medical care > China > History > 20th century.
Medicine > China > History > 20th century.
China.
China
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This volume examines important aspects of China''s century-long search to provide appropriate and effective health care for its people. Four subjects-disease and healing, encounters and accommodations, institutions and professions, and people''s health-organize discussions across case studies of schistosomiasis, tuberculosis, mental health, and tobacco and health. Among the book's significant conclusions are the importance of barefoot doctors in disseminating western medicine, the improvements in medical health and services during the long Sino-Japanese war, and the important role of the Chine.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (440 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780253014948

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