Medicine, Health and Social Welfare in Post-1949 China /

Medicine, Health and Social Welfare in Post-1949 China /

This volume features sixteen articles translated from the Chinese journal Historical Studies of Contemporary China (Dangdai zhongguo shi yanjiu). It covers a wide range of studies on policies and programs crucial to the health and welfare of the people during the PRC's social transformation. To...

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Other Authors: Bu, Liping (Editor), Fang, Xiaoping (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025.
Historical Studies of Contemporary China ; 5.

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Asian Studies.
History.

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Call Number: DS501

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Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables
  • Editors' Note on Translation
  • 1 The Establishment and Development of a Socialist Healthcare and Epidemic Prevention System in the People's Republic of China 1
  •   Hu Kefu
  • 2 Evolution of the Five-Guarantee Program in Rural China 14
  •   Song Shiyun
  • 3 Building and Reforming China's Rural Social Security System: a 60-Year Review
  •   Chen Shaohui, Li Liqin and Zheng Xiaoling
  • 4 The Evolution of Disaster Relief Policies in the People's Republic of China
  • A Critical Analysis
  •   Jiang Jiwei
  • 5 Is Food Security an Issue for China or for the World?: the International Perspective 65
  •   Zhu Huaxiong and Qu Shang
  • 6 The Emergency Response Mechanism in the Early Days of the People's Republic of China
  • A Case Study of the Plague Control in Chabei Prefecture in 1949
  •   Li Honghe
  • 7 The Campaign against Opium and Other Drugs in Hebei Province in the Early Years of the People's Republic of China
  •   Dong Xiangqian
  • 8 The Policy of "Uniting Chinese and Western Medicines" in the Early Years of the People's Republic of China
  •   Tian Gang
  • 9 China's Patriotic Hygiene Campaign, 1949-1959
  •   Xiao Aishu
  • 10 The "Eradicating Four Pests" Campaign of the People's Republic of China
  •   Zhao Sheng and Su Zhiliang
  • 11 The Chinese Pharmaceutical Industry's Ultrasound Promotion Campaign during the Great Leap Forward
  •   Zhang Cheng and Hu Huakai
  • 12 On Beijing's Family Planning Campaign in the 1960s 165
  •   Wang Linran
  • 13 A Study on the Rural Medical Practitioner Training Model in the First 30 Years of the People's Republic of China
  •   Li Decheng
  • 14 Rural Cooperative Medical System in Historical Perspective
  •   Xia Xingzhen
  • 15 Prioritizing the Countryside in Healthcare Development
  •   Yao Li
  • 16 Development of Home Care Services for Seniors in China
  •   Li Wei and Ding Jianding
  • Index.