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According to Ots (2015) and Fang (2012), not only did the barefoot doctors introduce scientific medicine to rural areas, but they also helped facilitate a resurgence in interest in Chinese medicine. [17] [1] Ots (2015) explains that Chinese medicine had previously been pushed away in favor of scientific medicine in elite physician circles. [17]
Russell grew up in Hampstead, an area in London.On leaving full-time education Russell started to travel extensively and began to deepen his study of Taoism. He returned to London in 1983 where he ran an acupuncture practice for 17 years, as well as facilitating self-help workshops.
The Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine was the first English-language journal on the subject of traditional Chinese medicine, including acupuncture, herbal medicine, homeopathy, massotherapy, mind-body therapies, palliative care and other topics in complementary and alternative medicine. The journal was original established in Chinese as ...
The Chinese healthcare system maintains traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and modern medicine as two parallel medical systems. The government invests in TCM research and administration, but TCM is challenged by having too few professionals with knowledge and skills and rising public awareness of modern or western models.
The system of barefoot doctors was the easiest form of healthcare access, especially in rural areas. Township health centers were the second tier of the RCMS, consisting of small, outpatient clinics that primarily hired medical professionals that were subsidized by the Chinese government.
The barefoot doctors became a symbol of the Cultural Revolution, for the introduction of modern medicine into villages where traditional Chinese medicine services were used. [41] The barefoot doctor system represents a hybrid of modern and traditional Chinese medicine ( Chinese : 中西医结合 ; lit.
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A Chinese barefoot doctor uses her needles to treat a production brigade worker. By the late 1970s, China's national health system covered almost the entire urban population and 85% of the rural population. [14] The World Bank described this success as "an unrivaled achievement among low-income countries." [14]