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Author Chan-Yeung, Moira, author

Title A medical history of Hong Kong 1942-2015 / by Moira M.W. Chan-Yeung
Published Hong Kong : The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, [2019]
©2019

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Description 1 online resource (x, 383 pages) : illustrations
Contents Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Overview: Socioeconomic and Medical Developments in Hong Kong from Japanese Occupation to Special Administrative Region -- 2. Medical and Health Services during Japanese Occupation (1941-1945) -- 3. Battle against Infections and Communicable Diseases -- 4. Blue Death and White Plague -- 5. Pandemics of the Twenty-First Century-Lifestyle Diseases -- 6. The Modern Scourge-Cancers -- 7. Emerging Infectious Diseases -- 8. The Graying Population -- 9. A Tale of Two Schools-Medical Education
10. Hospitals and the Hospital Authority -- 11. Healthcare Reform -- 12. Embracing the Future and Learning from the Past: Primary Care and Traditional Chinese Medicine -- 13. Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Timeline of Medical Development in the World and in Hong Kong -- Appendix 2. Heads of Medical or Health Departments in Hong Kong from 1945 to Present -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-369) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Medicine -- China -- Hong Kong -- History -- 20th century
Medicine -- China -- Hong Kong -- History -- 21st century
Medicine, Chinese -- China -- History
Medicine, Chinese -- China -- Hong Kong -- History
History, 20th Century
MEDICAL -- Medical History & Records.
Medicine
Medicine, Chinese
SUBJECT Hong Kong (China)
Subject China
China -- Hong Kong
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Chinese University of Hong Kong, issuing body
ISBN 9789882377899
9882377890