Barefoot Doctors and Western Medicine in China

The first study in English that examines barefoot doctors in China from the perspective of the social history of medicine.

List of contents

Introduction
Village Healers, Medical Pluralism, and State Medicine
Revolutionizing Knowledge Transmission Structures
Pharmaceuticals Reach the Villages
Healing Styles and Medical Beliefs: The Consumption of Chinese and Western Medicines
Relocating Illness: The Shift from Home Bedside to Hospital Ward
Group Identity, Power Relationships, and Medical Legitimacy
Conclusion
Appendixes
The Organization of the Three-Tiered Medical System in Rural China, 1968-83
Common Medicines in Chinese Villages during the 1960s-70s

About the author

Xiaoping Fang

Product details

• Authors: Xiaoping Fang
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2015
• EAN: 9781580465212
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-521-2
• No. of pages: 310
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 228 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 426 g
• Series: Rochester Studies in Medical History; Rochester Studies in Medical H
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous