Health Care and Traditional Medicine in China, 1800-1982
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0710094256
ISBN 13
9780710094254
Category
Chinese Medicine
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Publication Year
1983
Publisher
Pages
576
Description
First published in 1983.Beginning with the period of the early expansion of Western missionary medicine, this account covers the chaotic years of Nationalist rule to the foundations of the People's Republic in 1949. It trances the major influences on health care since then and describes the conflicts of State bureaucracy, Party and medical profession in their attempts to match political objectives in health care to resources available. An outline of the theory of Chinese traditional medicine, together with detailed accounts of acupuncture and plant drugs are also discussed, as are specific features of the health care system, such as population control, medical education, nutrition and psychiatry. - from Amzon
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1
