This book tells the fascinating story of the development of medical and sanitation services in Hong Kong during the first century of British rule and how changing political values and directions of the colonial administration and the socioeconomic status of the Hong Kong affected the policies of development in these areas. It also recounts how the bubonic plague of 1894 changed the government’s laissez-faire attitude towards sanitation and public health and began sanitary reforms and developed public health infrastructure.
Price: $55.00
Pages: 344
Publisher: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
Imprint: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
Publication Date:
02 October 2018
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9789882370784
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
HISTORY / Asia / China, MEDICAL / Medical History & Records
This book is not just a chronological history of the medical and health system of Hong Kong between 1842 and 1941. It also gives a critical and dispassionate analysis of the different cultural, social, and political factors which prompted the government and the public to consider change and implement reforms with far-reaching effects. It also teaches us that racial discrimination, social inequity, and mutual distrust are always obstacles to social progress, including healthcare.
Moira M. W. Chan-Yeung has over forty years of experience in research and scholarship, having published about four hundred peer-reviewed articles, numerous book chapters and several books. A world authority on occupational asthma, she was instrumental in having it recognized as a compensable disease and setting up criteria for assessing respiratory impairment/disability in patients with asthma. She was given the Alice Hamilton Award for Major and Lasting Contribution in Occupational Health from the American Industrial Hygiene Association and the prestigious Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Thoracic Society in recognition of her contributions.
She is professor emeritus of medicine at the University of British Columbia and honorary clinical professor of medicine at the University of Hong Kong. This book is her fourth work on history after her retirement.
