RE: Los Angeles Times article 50% in China also

[Guest guest]

Funny¡Ä

 

 

 

¡ÈAlthough Chinese schools pump out thousands of traditional medicine

graduates each year, nearly half never practice - they chose the specialty

because other departments were full.¡É

 

 

 

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On Behalf Of Mark Melchiorre

2007ǯ1·î9Æü 18:02

 

China's medicine wars - Los Angeles Times article

 

 

 

China's medicine wars

 

January 8, 2007 By Mark Magnier / Times Staff Writer

 

Xikou, China - THE fur is flying, not to mention the acupuncture

needles, the firewort and the $15,000-a-pound bull gallstones. China's

ancient healing arts, as integral to national identity as the Great

Wall or steamed dumplings, have become embroiled in the country's

struggle to balance tradition and modernity...

 

....Criticism that traditional medicine is not scientific dates back

centuries. But Zhang's prescriptive remedies - including an end to

national insurance coverage for traditional medicine, rigorous

scientific standards and obligatory Western training for traditional

doctors - have hit a nerve at a time when traditional Chinese medicine

is increasingly on the defensive...

 

http://www.latimes.

<http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-fg-healing8jan08,1,6942517.stor

y> com/news/printedition/la-fg-healing8jan08,1,6942517.story

 

or

 

http://tinyurl. <http://tinyurl.com/tgle4> com/tgle4

 

LA Times articles are available free for about 7 days from printing so

these links should be good until January 14 or 15.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Very funny!

 

Then again, none of the Chinese school graduates whom I know had much choice

in the matter either way. They could only chose to get really good grades so

they would be in a better school or placed in a more attractive location.

 

On 1/9/07, wrote:

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> Funny…

>

> " Although Chinese schools pump out thousands of traditional medicine

> graduates each year, nearly half never practice - they chose the specialty

> because other departments were full. "

>

 

 

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