Doctors in China Need More Power of Discourse
Affiliation:
1. The First School of Clinical Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
Abstract
Abstract
COVID-19 that developed in late 2019 and 2020 is a severe threat to human health. The tragedy of Dr Li Wenliang, the whistleblower, revealed a current status of doctors’ insufficient power of disclosure. Therefore, prompt and effective actions warrant to be taken by the government and public to improve Chinese doctors’ power of disclosure. A medical system based on the improved doctors’ power of disclosure is beneficial to disease prevention in an extended period.
Funder
Natural Science Foundation of China
Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,General Medicine