Chinese Medicine in Early Communist China 1945-1963 A Medicine of Revolution

Using original sources, this significant text looks at the transformation of Chinese medicine from a marginal, side-lined medical practice of the early twentieth century, to an essential and high-profile part of the national health-care system under the Chinese Communist Party. The political, economic and social motives which drove this promotion are analyzed and the extraordinary role that Chinese medicine was meant to play in Mao Zedong's revolution is fully explored for the first time, making a major contribution to the history of Chinese medicine.Taylor, Kim is the author of 'Chinese Medicine in Early Communist China 1945-1963 A Medicine of Revolution', published 2005 under ISBN 9780415345125 and ISBN 041534512X.