This book explores the shifting nature of physicianpatient relationship in China. Specifically, it takes the physicianpatient relationship during the barefoot doctor program in 19681978, the marketization of healthcare in 19782002, and the healthcare reform in 20032020 as three historical periods, illustrating how the nature of the physicianpatient relationship has changed over time. Analyzing the ways in which law and social policiesinvolving the doctrine of informed consent, public hospital reform, and systemic healthcare reformhave in different ways shaped and changed the practices of physicians and patients, which illustrates how the bond between them threatens to collapse. With a uniquely vivid depiction of Chinese healthcare issues, this book will interest sociologists, China scholars and more.

Explores the changing dynamics of China's healthcare system Provides a cultural context for Chinese healthcare reforms Explores China's care economy of pink collar work

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Jia Liu is an Associate Research Professor at the Institute of Public Policy, South China University of China. She holds a Ph.D. in Law from the University of Hong Kong. Her research interests include global justice, bioethics, and health care reform in China.

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This book explores the shifting nature of physicianatient relationship in China. Specifically, it takes the physicianatient relationship during the barefoot doctor program in 196878, the marketization of healthcare in 197802, and the healthcare reform in 200320 as three historical periods, illustrating how the nature of the physicianatient relationship has changed over time. Analyzing the ways in which law and social policiesnvolving the doctrine of informed consent, public hospital reform, and systemic healthcare reformave in different ways shaped and changed the practices of physicians and patients, which illustrates how the bond between them threatens to collapse. With a uniquely vivid depiction of Chinese healthcare issues, this book will interest sociologists, China scholars and more.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Barefoot Doctors and Sense of Obligation.- Chapter 3. Informed Consent and Marketization of Healthcare.- Chapter 4. Public Hospital Reform and Physician Obligation.- Chapter 5. Systemic Healthcare Reform and State Obligation.- Chapter 6. Conclusion.