AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHANGING DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP IN CHINA

Abstract

As China is undergoing marketization and privatization, the doctor-patient
relationship (DPR) is changing, posing numerous social problems such as a trust
crisis. In this article, the authors look at the characteristics of the DPR, and then
present an historical account of the changing features of the Chinese DPR. In the
final section, they explain how Chinese traditionalculture is important for
rebuilding the DPR in reform-era China and make suggestions for its health care
reform