This book addresses contemporary public health challenges in China from an interdisciplinary perspective. These challenges include health service system, population ageing, food safety, substance abuse and its prevention and treatment, Buddhist delivery of elderly care, the development of professional healthcare social work, and the integration of Chinese Medicine in public health. The book brings together top-notch scholars, academics and professionals in each of these research areas to explore and reveal the complex and challenging task of addressing health-related issues in China.
Auflage
Sprache
Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Research
Illustrationen
6
6 farbige Abbildungen
XIV, 122 p. 6 illus. in color.
Maße
Höhe: 241 mm
Breite: 160 mm
Dicke: 13 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-3-662-47752-6 (9783662477526)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-47753-3
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Introduction.- Challenges to Health Service System in China: Institutional and financial reforms.- Food safety Challenges in China.- Challenge of Population Ageing on Health.- Integrating Chinese Medicine in public health: Contemporary trend and challenges.- State-Religion Partnership: Delivery of Eldercare in Asia.- Substance Abuse and Its Prevention and Treatment in Macao.- Development of Healthcare Social Work in China.
