Healthcare in China

This week we look at healthcare in China, everything from the strained and highly emotionally charged relationship between doctors and patients to healthcare innovation in mobile technology to the use of TCM in China.

Following are the words we've talked about in today's show.

冰桶挑战 bīng tǒng tiāo zhàn: ice bucket challenge
接受 jiē shòu: to accept
批评 pī píng: criticism
渐冻人 jiàn dòng rén: ALS patient
肌肉萎缩症 jī ròu wěi suō zhèng: ALS
医疗 yī liáo: medical care
医疗制度 yī liáo zhì dù: medical system
受害者 shòu hài zhě: victim
医患关系 yī huàn guān xì: relationship between doctors and patients
慢性病 màn xìng bìng: chronic illness
俗称 sú chēng: colloquial name
过世 guò shì: pass away
节哀顺变 jiē āi shùn biàn: to restrain one's grief
可惜 kě xī: pity
遗憾 yí hàn: sorry
医闹 yī nào: hospital violator
医疗事故 yī liáo shì gù: medical negligence
过度用药 guò dù yòng yào: over prescription
医托 yī tuō: hospital scalper
挂号 guà hào: to register
吃药 chī yào: to take medicine
社区医院 shè qū yī yuàn: community hospital
小儿科 xiǎo ér kē: pediatrics
家医科 jiā yī kē: policlinic
医保 yī bǎo: health insurance
养老保险 yǎng lǎo bǎo xiǎn: endowment insurance
赤脚医生 chì jiǎo yī shēng: barefoot doctor
咳嗽 ké sòu: cough
门诊 mén zhěn: outpatient service
委屈 wěi qū: grievance
隔离 gé lí: isolation
信任 xìn rèn: trust
中医 zhōng yī: TCM
养生 yǎng shēng: health preserving
扭 niǔ: to wring
推拿 tuī ná: massage
中成药 zhōng chéng yào: Chinese patent drug
副作用 fù zuò yòng: side effect
病因 bìng yīn: cause of disease
针灸 zhēn jiǔ: acupuncture


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Published by David Xu @ October 01, 2014.


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