Serve the people: Understanding ideology and professional ethics of medicine in China

Yang, J

Serve the people: Understanding ideology and professional ethics of medicine in China

Yang, J

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Citation:: Health Care Analysis, 2010, 18 (3), pp. 294 - 309
Issue Date:: 2010-09-01

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dc.contributor.author	Yang, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7507-6929	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-09-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Health Care Analysis, 2010, 18 (3), pp. 294 - 309	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1065-3058	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/10568
dc.description.abstract	The article explores the communist ideology that has guided the formation of professional ethics of medicine in China. It first explores the constitutions of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party and codes of practice for medicine enforced since 1949, showing that the core of the ideology in relation to health provision and doctor-patient relationship has always been 'serving the people wholeheartedly'. The ideological undertaking, however, has never been successfully exercised. In the pre-reform era, the bureaucratisation of health professionals led to the emergence of 'bureaucratic medicine' featuring negligence of patients' interests. In the reform era, the prevailing commercialisation of health care is in fundamental conflict with the ideological commitment to serving the people. As a result, the socialist professional ethics of medicine has not been satisfactorily practiced in reality. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Health Care Analysis	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/s10728-009-0127-y	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Applied Ethics	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Physician-Patient Relations	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Communism	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Socialism	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Ethics, Medical	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	History, 20th Century	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	History, 21st Century	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Delivery of Health Care	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	China	en_US
dc.title	Serve the people: Understanding ideology and professional ethics of medicine in China	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	3	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	18	en_US
utslib.for	1117 Public Health and Health Services	en_US
dc.location.activity	Netherlands
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.issue	3	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	18	en_US

Abstract:

The article explores the communist ideology that has guided the formation of professional ethics of medicine in China. It first explores the constitutions of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party and codes of practice for medicine enforced since 1949, showing that the core of the ideology in relation to health provision and doctor-patient relationship has always been 'serving the people wholeheartedly'. The ideological undertaking, however, has never been successfully exercised. In the pre-reform era, the bureaucratisation of health professionals led to the emergence of 'bureaucratic medicine' featuring negligence of patients' interests. In the reform era, the prevailing commercialisation of health care is in fundamental conflict with the ideological commitment to serving the people. As a result, the socialist professional ethics of medicine has not been satisfactorily practiced in reality. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009.

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