Barefoot Doctors and Western Medicine in China (Rochester Studies in Medical History) Hardcover – December 1, 2012
Author: Visit ‘s Xiaoping Fang Page ID: 1580464335
Review
The focus on one village in Hangzhou Prefecture gives the book a specificity and immediateness that bring history to life in sometimes dramatic ways….Recommended. CHOICE Paints a richly textured picture of medicine in rural China….This relatively short book is a gem….An excellent book that deserves to be widely read. AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW This book will be of wide interest to anyone wishing to understand the state of health care in China today and the roots of its successes and dilemmas. PACIFIC AFFAIRS Discussing the barefoot doctor program, processes of knowledge transmission, pharmaceutical prices and supply chains, medical consumption, group identity and professionalism, and institutional shifts, this book successfully advances our understanding of how the three-tier medical network was gradually set up in China’s countryside. THE CHINA JOURNAL This illuminating study corrects what we thought we knew about that evanescent character the Barefoot Doctor, invented in 1968, widely acclaimed inside and outside China, and officially discarded in 1985. Barefoot Doctors and Western Medicine in China is based not only on research on the ground, but on a thorough study of the pertinent scholarly literature. THE CHINA REVIEW Fang Xiaoping’s richly documented study offers a challenging interpretation of the role of barefoot doctors, their legacy, and their impact on medical knowledge and practice, as well as on the changing health problems and expectations of rural patients. Highlighting how health workers grappled firsthand with the incompatibilities between state imperatives and the needs and expectations of local society, Fang’s book is a valuable contribution not only to the history of medicine but to the history of governance in the People’s Republic of China. –Francesca Bray, professor of social anthropology, University of Edinburgh Xiaoping Fang gives the English-reading world a reliable account of the barefoot doctor movement and its tremendous importance in the creation of the Chinese health-care system. Contrary to received opinion, Fang shows how the movement prompted a decline in the popularity of traditional healing methods while promoting biomedicine in the countryside. This study greatly advances our understanding of the history of medicine in modern China. –Bridie Andrews, associate professor of history, Bentley University
Series: Rochester Studies in Medical History (Book 23)Hardcover: 310 pagesPublisher: University of Rochester Press (December 1, 2012)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1580464335ISBN-13: 978-1580464338 Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #3,212,666 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #665 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Alternative Medicine > Chinese Medicine #3964 in Books > Medical Books > History #6869 in Books > History > Asia > China
This book provides a corrective look into the reality of what inspired the WHO primary care movement, the famous Alma Ata conference and the adoption of TCM by New Age White Americans back in the 1970s. It’s worth reading if you are interested in the real history of Chinese Medicine and not the nonsense promulgated by American and European practitioners.
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