TY - JOUR
T1 - Public health in China-Is the experience relevant to other less developed nations?
AU - Rifkin, S. B.
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* This paper is based on information from papers and discussions presented at a conference on Public Health in China sponsored by the University of Michigan, School of Public Health and the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation of New York. Held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, 14-17 May 1972, the meeting was attended by twenty-nine people among whom fourteen were medical doctors and the remaining were representatives of the social sciences. An edited version of the proceedings is to be published by the Macy Foundation in early 1973. The author wishes to thank LEO ORLEANSa nd D. M. LAMPOONf or their most useful comments. 249
PY - 1973/4
Y1 - 1973/4
N2 - In Soc. Sci. & Med,6,67-93, 1972, readers of this journal were presented with an analysis of Maoist politico-medical culture based on the reading of Chinese press translation by Dr. Gibson. In the last months with the relaxation of travel restrictions to the People's Republic of China (PRC), the study of the Chinese medical system has become more than this type of mere academic exercise. The reports of operations performed with acupuncture anesthesia and of health care delivered by medical auxiliaries called "barefoot doctors" have generated a great interest in medical circles throughout the world. Medical personnel and health planners are asking "What can we learn from China?".
AB - In Soc. Sci. & Med,6,67-93, 1972, readers of this journal were presented with an analysis of Maoist politico-medical culture based on the reading of Chinese press translation by Dr. Gibson. In the last months with the relaxation of travel restrictions to the People's Republic of China (PRC), the study of the Chinese medical system has become more than this type of mere academic exercise. The reports of operations performed with acupuncture anesthesia and of health care delivered by medical auxiliaries called "barefoot doctors" have generated a great interest in medical circles throughout the world. Medical personnel and health planners are asking "What can we learn from China?".
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U2 - 10.1016/0037-7856(73)90094-2
DO - 10.1016/0037-7856(73)90094-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 4705346
AN - SCOPUS:0015873940
SN - 0037-7856
VL - 7
SP - 249
EP - 257
JO - Social Science and Medicine
JF - Social Science and Medicine
IS - 4
ER -