Category Archives: Public Health
Adult, Long term care care, in China, and the US. A tale of two strengths.
Instead of looking up China and others in the developing East, and scoffing at their lack of medical infrastructure, Americans would be wise to look at the family strength that the East does have. Meanwhile, the Chinese, and their Asian neighbors who share both their reverence of filial piety and rapidly growing populations, shouldn't waste any time in studying the blue prints of American assisted living facilities.
Both sides have much to learn from each other.
Coughing Butterfly Effect: Path to safer food and drug control, in China
The problem is that by the time the news cycle is finished covering one of China's food and safety scandals, the average consumer of news is ill informed the story layer which has to do with her own well being. More often than not, international news stories about China's food and drug safety issues are reported in a way that scores points for economies doing trade with China , and, in the worst cases, China's food and safety problems are unceremoniously grouped in with to a long list of China's human rights issues. It is the classic case of elites writing for other elites. The politically and economically expedient information is seized upon while the truly important aspect of it is let go by the wayside.
China’s Naked Government Experiment Could Work for Hospitals, Too
Officials, in a Sichuan township, have initiated a public accountability experiment, posting their personal expenditures for the first two months of the year online. Netizens have dubbed the effort China's first case of 'Naked Government'. AKA, transparent government. The Sichuan township's efforts are significant because the officials, so far, have been very open about their spending. Here's the healthcare angle. This precedent can and should be applied to China's public hospitals.
America’s Abortion Debate is infecting China’s
Radical politicization, hysteria fueled violence, and stalemate defines America’s abortion debate. In turn, and owing in part to historical considerations, China’s ruling elites view the debate as composed of inherently destabilizing forces that must be precluded from interrupting the harmony of Chinese society. Where technology has made it easier to bring the basic tenets of our debate directly to the Chinese people, the Pro-Lifer’s and Pro-Choicer’s insistence on waging ideological Realpolitik has negated any such gains by overshadowing and stigmatizing some of our most important humanitarian insights into pre-natal life.
China Healthcare Blog
China: Injury Prone?