Barefoot Doctors and Western Medicine in China

Fang, X

Barefoot Doctors and Western Medicine in China

Fang, X

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Publisher:: University of Rochester Press
Publication Type:: Book
Citation:: 2012, 1st
Issue Date:: 2012-01

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dc.contributor.author	Fang, X	en_US
dc.date.issued	2012-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2012, 1st	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-58046-433-8	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/23322
dc.description.abstract	In 1968, at the height of the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese Communist Party endorsed a radical new system of health-care delivery for the rural masses. Soon every village had at least one barefoot doctor to provide basic medical care, creating a national network of health-care services for the very first time. The barefoot doctors were portrayed nationally and internationally as revolutionary heroes, wading undaunted through rice paddies to bring effective, low-cost care to poor peasants.	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Rochester Press	en_US
dc.title	Barefoot Doctors and Western Medicine in China	en_US
dc.type	Book
utslib.location	Rochester, NY, USA	en_US
utslib.for	2002 Cultural Studies	en_US
utslib.for	1606 Political Science	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
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Abstract:

In 1968, at the height of the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese Communist Party endorsed a radical new system of health-care delivery for the rural masses. Soon every village had at least one barefoot doctor to provide basic medical care, creating a national network of health-care services for the very first time. The barefoot doctors were portrayed nationally and internationally as revolutionary heroes, wading undaunted through rice paddies to bring effective, low-cost care to poor peasants.

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