Editorial: Chronic Illness and Ageing in China

Shane Andrew Thomas^{1

2}, Zeqi Qiu³, Anna Chapman⁴, Shuo Liu⁵, Colette Joy Browning⁶

Affiliations

¹ Research School in Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, BC, Australia.
² International Primary Health Care Research Institute, Shenzhen, China.
³ Department of Sociology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
⁴ School of Nursing and Midwifery and Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC, Australia.
⁵ Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research, Beijing Office for Cancer Prevention and Control, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China.
⁶ School of Nursing and Healthcare Professions, Federation University, Ballarat, VIC, Australia.

Editorial

Shane Andrew Thomas et al. Front Public Health. 2020.

. 2020 Apr 9:8:104.

doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00104. eCollection 2020.

Shane Andrew Thomas^{1

2}, Zeqi Qiu³, Anna Chapman⁴, Shuo Liu⁵, Colette Joy Browning⁶

¹ Research School in Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, BC, Australia.
² International Primary Health Care Research Institute, Shenzhen, China.
³ Department of Sociology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
⁴ School of Nursing and Midwifery and Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC, Australia.
⁵ Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research, Beijing Office for Cancer Prevention and Control, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China.
⁶ School of Nursing and Healthcare Professions, Federation University, Ballarat, VIC, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: China; aging; behavior change; chronic illness; health; well-being.

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