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Serve the people: understanding ideology and professional ethics of medicine in China.
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PMID:  19787458     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
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The article explores the communist ideology that has guided the formation of professional ethics of medicine in China. It first explores the constitutions of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party and codes of practice for medicine enforced since 1949, showing that the core of the ideology in relation to health provision and doctor-patient relationship has always been 'serving the people wholeheartedly'. The ideological undertaking, however, has never been successfully exercised. In the pre-reform era, the bureaucratisation of health professionals led to the emergence of 'bureaucratic medicine' featuring negligence of patients' interests. In the reform era, the prevailing commercialisation of health care is in fundamental conflict with the ideological commitment to serving the people. As a result, the socialist professional ethics of medicine has not been satisfactorily practiced in reality.
Authors:
Jingqing Yang
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Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Health care analysis : HCA : journal of health philosophy and policy     Volume:  18     ISSN:  1573-3394     ISO Abbreviation:  Health Care Anal     Publication Date:  2010 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-04     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9432537     Medline TA:  Health Care Anal     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  294-309     Citation Subset:  H    
Affiliation:
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney, Broadway, P.O. Box 123, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia. Jingqing.yang@uts.edu.au
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