TY - CHAP
T1 - TCM and WM Collaboration in Chinese Healthcare Organisations
AU - Zhou, Lihong
AU - Nunes, José Miguel Baptista
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This chapter describes and discusses the context of this research project. To be more specific, this chapter aims to (1) provide a perspective on the context; and (2) enhance the contextual sensitivity, which is essential to the researchers in order to understand, contextualise, and interpret informants’ responses. To achieve these two aims, this chapter discusses five contextual issues: the development and current situation of TCM, the development and current situation of WM, differences between TCM and WM, the structure of the Chinese healthcare system, and the patient-centred approach in Chinese healthcare organisations.
AB - This chapter describes and discusses the context of this research project. To be more specific, this chapter aims to (1) provide a perspective on the context; and (2) enhance the contextual sensitivity, which is essential to the researchers in order to understand, contextualise, and interpret informants’ responses. To achieve these two aims, this chapter discusses five contextual issues: the development and current situation of TCM, the development and current situation of WM, differences between TCM and WM, the structure of the Chinese healthcare system, and the patient-centred approach in Chinese healthcare organisations.
KW - Healthcare Professional
KW - Hospital Management
KW - Qing Dynasty
KW - Socialist Market Economy
KW - Traditional Chinese Medicine
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85121692465&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-662-45162-5_2
DO - 10.1007/978-3-662-45162-5_2
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85121692465
T3 - Innovation, Technology and Knowledge Management
SP - 9
EP - 18
BT - Innovation, Technology and Knowledge Management
PB - Springer
ER -