Doctors in China Need More Power of Discourse
Author(s) -
Yuhao Si
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdaa090
Subject(s) - china , public health , power (physics) , epidemiology , environmental health , medicine , political science , nursing , pathology , law , physics , quantum mechanics
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.
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