Modern China←→Public Health
Relevant Modules, Themes and Questions for Enquiry：
Modern China > Chinese Culture and Modern Life
- To what extent are traditional customs compatible with modern Chinese society?
- Why do some traditional customs sustain and flourish in modern Chinese society while others do not?
- To what extent are these traditional customs of significance to modern Chinese society?
Public Health > Understanding of Public Health
- How is people’s understanding of disease and public health affected by different factors?
- How did people understand the causes of diseases in the past? Was their understanding scientific?
- How is people’s understanding of health affected by economic, social and other factors?
- How is people’s understanding of public health affected by the development of science and technology?
Relevant Concepts
Note: In Chinese societies, public understanding of health and disease is shaped by both modern Western medical science as well as concepts and knowledge arising from traditional Chinese medicine. The continuing popularity of traditional Chinese medicine is also a good illustration of how Chinese traditions and customs have not only survived in modern Chinese societies but are indeed still very important to our everyday life.
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