History A-Level
Barefoot doctors
What Barefoot doctors means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Barefoot doctors
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Peasants who received short medical training and provided basic healthcare in rural areas, improving access but not replacing professional doctors.
Topics that use Barefoot doctors
- Social and cultural changes, 1949–76 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Attacks on Buddhism and Confucianism
- Cultural revolution and destruction of tradition
- Gender equality and legal reform
- Healthcare provision
- Jiang Qing and revolutionary model operas
- Persecution of Christianity and Islam
- Pinyin
- Social and cultural continuity and change
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