| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 339 pages) : illustrations (some color), color map |
| Series |
China studies ; volume 26 |
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China studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 26.
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| Contents |
List of Photographs, Graphs, Maps, and Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Saving Lives in the Context of Disease, Poverty and War; Communicable Disease; Superstition; Patriarchal Oppression; Conduct of Warfare; Disregard for the Peasantry; The Argument; 1. Epidemics, Wars and Public Healthcare Advocacy in Republican China, 1911-1928; Epidemic Disease and Public Healthcare up to 1928; Lack of Scientific Rigor; Government Indifference; Injecting Science-based Thinking into Chinese Education and Public Policy |
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880-01 Conclusion: How the National Health Administration Made a Difference during the Nanjing Era, 1928-19373. Red Army Health Services in Jiangxi and on the Long March, 1927-1936; Creating Healthcare under the Stress of Civil War, 1927-1930; Healthcare during the First Two Encirclement and Suppression Campaigns, 1930-1931; Advancement of Healthcare during the Third Encirclement and Suppression Campaign, July to September 1931; Expanding the Scope of Healthcare: Red Army Healthcare School and Medical Supply Workshops; Campaign against Epidemic Disease |
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880-01/$1 Ill Health and National WeaknessState Medicine and Gongyi Zhidu (公医制度); 2. Advances and Setbacks in Nationalist China's Public Health Management, 1928-1937; Rise and Fall of the Ministry of Health, 1928-1931; Progress under the National Health Administration, 1931-1937; Getting Preventive Health into Rural and Urban Health Agencies; Nationalist Rural Health Initiatives in Jiangxi Province; Nursing, Midwifery and Public Health; The National Health Administration's Summary of Public Health Results during the Nanjing Era 1928-1937 |
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The Fourth and Fifth Encirclement and Suppression Campaigns, June 1932 to October 1934Health Care during the Long March from Jiangxi to Northwest China; Arrival of Red Army Forces in Northern Shaanxi and Revival of the United Front; Summary; 4. Japanese Invasion, Army Medicine, and the Chinese Red Cross Medical Relief Corps (CRCMRC), 1937-1942; Part I: Constructing a Modern Military Healthcare System; Army Medical Services up to 1937; Army Healthcare Units in Wartime: The Early Phase; The Chinese Red Cross and War Relief; Lin Kesheng and the Chinese Red Cross Medical Relief Corps |
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Organization of Emergency Medical Service Training School (EMSTS)Growth of Medical Relief Corps Work, 1938-1940; Part II: Politics Prevail over Healthcare; Reorganization of Chinese Red Cross Headquarters and Downgrading of Lin Kesheng; Lin's Ambitions for the EMSTS and the MRC; Problems in Army Medical Management; Lin's Move to Convert EMSTS and MRC into Centers of Modern Medicine; Political Troubles Assail Dr. Lin; Fights over Control of Assets, Lin in Burma and India, and Lin's Resignation from the MRC; Conclusion: Outcomes in the Balance |
| Summary |
This study shows how a small number of medical reformers introduced modern healthcare services between 1928-1945 in China when Chinese people were suffering by the millions from infectious disease, maternal child mortality, and battlefield casualties |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-322) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Public health -- China -- History -- 20th century
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Medical care -- China -- History -- 20th century
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Health care reform -- China -- History
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Public Health -- history
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Public Health Administration -- history
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Health Care Reform -- history
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Patient Care Management -- history
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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Health care reform
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Medical care
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Public health
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| SUBJECT |
China -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024101
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| Subject |
China
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2013027832 |
| ISBN |
9004256466 |
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9789004256460 |
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