Values and health care: The confucian dimension in health care reform

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (United Kingdom)

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 545-555

  Lim, Meng Kin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Confucianism; East Asia; Health care reform; Singapore Health system

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ELDERLY CARE; ETHICS; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFUCIANISM; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 84871233907     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: 17445019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/jhs048     Document Type: Article

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