Concepts of disease causation, treatment and prevention among Hong Kong Chinese: Diversity and eclecticism

• Published in: Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 405 - 417
• Main Author: Koo, Linda C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 1987; Elsevier
• Series: Social Science & Medicine
• Subjects: Air. Soil. Water. Waste. Feeding; Beliefs; Biological and medical sciences; China - ethnology; Chinese; Chinese disease etiology treatment prevention; Disease - etiology; Environment. Living conditions; Health; Hong Kong; Humans; Medical sciences; Medicine, Chinese Traditional; prevention; Preventive Medicine; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Therapeutics; Traditional Medicine; treatment; Tropical medicine; Hong Kong; China; treatment; Chinese; disease etiology; prevention; Human; Prevention; Treatment; Hong Kong; Asia; Morbidity; Public health

The health beliefs, knowledge, and choices of therapautic intervention for 25 common ailments were described and analyzed for the Chinese in Hong Kong. Acceptance of the co-existence of the ideas and treatment regimens from both Western and Chinese medical traditions were prevalent. For health probl...