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. 2020 Mar;32(1):1-12.
doi: 10.1007/s10730-019-09391-7.

Towards Ethically and Medically Sustainable Care for the Elderly: The Case of China

Wenye Xie  1 , Ruiping Fan  2
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Towards Ethically and Medically Sustainable Care for the Elderly: The Case of China

Wenye Xie et al. HEC Forum. 2020 Mar.

Abstract

An enormous challenge facing China is how to provide sustainable care for its rapidly-increasing elderly population. Its recent policy directives include three medical forms-the institution-cooperation-form, the institution-medical-form, and the family-physician-form-to integrate medical care into ordinary care for the elderly. This essay indicates that China will not be able to maintain sustainable elderly care unless it places emphasis on the family-physician-form that focuses on family physicians and the use of primary care services. The essay constructs arguments for this policy suggestion based on China's long-standing Confucian ethical resources of filial piety and family-based concerns for elderly care.

Keywords: China; Elderly care policy; Family physician; Filial piety; Sustainable elderly care.

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