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BL
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600661
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b429880
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| Title & Author
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China : bioethics, trust, and the challenge of the market /\ edited by Julia Tao
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| Publication Statement
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[Dordrecht] :: Springer,, c2008
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| Series Statement
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Philosophy and medicine ;; v. 96
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Asian studies in bioethics and the philosophy of medicine ;; 6
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1 online resource (xi, 212 p.)
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| ISBN
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9781402067570
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: 1402067577
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: 661167473x
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: 9786611674731
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1402067569
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9781402067563
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Abstract
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This volume provides a unique perspective on the market reforms currently taking place in Chinese health care. The authors come to grips with the changes taking place in Chinese health care and its effect on the traditional doctor-patient relationship, but also its positive effects on the availability and quality of health care particularly in urban areas. In doing so the various authors wrestle with moral, political and social issues deeply ingrained in Chinese culture as well as the perceived practical and moral difficulties associated with the change to a market oriented economy especially
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Public health administration-- China
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Medical care-- China
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Medical ethics-- China
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Medical care-- China-- Finance
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Delivery of Health Care-- economics-- China
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Public Health Administration-- economics-- China
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Ethics, Medical-- China
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Quality of Health Care-- economics-- China
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Economics, Medical-- China
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Bioethics-- China
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Physician-Patient Relations-- China
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| LC Classification
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R724.C483 2008eb
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| Added Entry
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Tao, Julia Lai Po-Wah,1946-
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