Freedom, Responsibility, and Care: Hong Kong's Health Care Reform  

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Fan, Ruiping

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy vol. 24 no. 6 (Dec. 1999), page 555-570.
Topik: Political-Economic Assumptions
Fulltext: MM80V24N6P555.pdf (67.58KB)

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A health care system is a function of the values as well as the major political-economic assumptions of a society. An analysis of the structure of a health care system as well as its health indicators must be made in relation to local societal values and models. Only by exploring health care achievements and weaknesses in relation to such particular values and ideals can we appreciate how such values and ideals have initiated and maintained a health care system as well as how they can be resources for necessary reform. Hong Kong provides a heuristic case in this regard. Indeed, rapid economic growth in Hong Kong has won broad attention in the West. But the West has barely noticed health care delivery in Hong Kong. In fact, Hong Kong has done very well in its health care. Still, in November 1997, the Health and Welfare Bureau of the Hong Kong government commissioned a team of economists, physicians, epidemiologists, and public health specialists from Harvard University to conduct a study on Hong Kong’s health care system. The team finished its report and proposed reform strategies to the Hong Kong government in March 1999. The Report is still under public discussion in Hong Kong. This number of the Journal offers a group of essays assessing the Harvard Team report based on Hong Kong’s societal values and ideals. This issue examines the bioethics of health care reform in Hong Kong.

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