《赤脚医生与中国乡村的现代医学》

Through interviews with many barefoot doctors and farmers in Jiangcun, Zhejiang, this book vividly presents the real life and generational changes of several generations of rural medical personnel after 1949. This book not only tells an interesting historical story, but also fully demonstrates the profound impact of political system and social environment on personal life, the changes in the power structure and farmers' ideas and customs in contemporary Chinese villages, and the subtle tension between the state and grassroots society through the stories of barefoot doctors. It also puts forward the subversive view that "the era when 'barefoot doctors' played a leading role in the rural medical world was precisely the key stage for modern medicine to replace the dominant position of traditional medicine in rural areas", summarizing and presenting China's experience in medical modernization.