Five myths of the Chinese health care system

Health Care Manager

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-158

  Haley, D Rob ^a   Zhao, Mei ^a   Nolin, JoAnn M ^a   Dunning, Kerry ^b   Qiang, Sun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Dunning Consulting   (United States)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Complimentary therapies; Nursing; Traditional Chinese medicine; Western medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL CHANGE;

CHINA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; NURSING; SOCIAL CHANGE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 43449138215     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HCM.0000285042.42537.68     Document Type: Review

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