Health Care In Chinese

Western inspired evidence based medicine made its way to china beginning in the 19th century.

Health care in chinese. Based on the literature and direct observation in the prc and roc this is an introduction to chinese philosophies religion. Traditional chinese medicine care is widely provided in primary health care institutions ie 98 of community health centres and 94 of township health centres in 2016 26 national health and family planning commission of the people s republic of china. Another major part in traditional chinese medicine is spirituality.

To describe the roots of chinese values beliefs and the concept of health and to illustrate how these ways have influenced the development of health care and nursing among chinese in the republic of china roc and the people s republic of china prc. This leaves the options open for its patients to find the best route of care that works for them. 30 40 of children died before age 5.

Traditional chinese medicine has a unique theoretical and practical approach to the treatment of disease which has developed over thousands of years. Traditional treatments include herbal remedies acupuncture acupressure and massage and moxibustion. Chinese words for health care include 保健 and 养生.

Before 1949 the infant mortality rate was 20 during the 1st year of life. They account for around 40 of all health care delivered in china. Reporting on a professional exchange tour of american nurses in china this discussion recounts what was learned about the chinese health care system nursing system and maternal child health and focuses on some insights gained into the us health care system.

China uses two kinds of health care systems because of their traditions. One that for western medicine and the other for traditional chinese medicine. The chinese economist yang fan wrote in 2001 that lip service being given to the old socialist health care system and deliberately ignoring and failing to regulate the actual private health care system is a serious failing of the chinese health care system.

But the reality is that the country s health care system is broken.