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- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- © 1996 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- ISSN
- 1058-3947
- eISSN
- 1876-5610
- DOI
- 10.1163/187656196X00128
- Publisher site
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Abstract
Quality Versus Quantity: The Rockefeller Foundation a n d Nurses' Training in China Kaiyi Chen University of Pennsylvania The Rockefeller Foundation set a h i g h stake in its philanthropy in China in the first half of this century. From 1915 to 1947, the F o u n d a t i o n invested a total of $45 million, the largest for a n y of its foreign recipi- ents.' A n u m b e r of publications in recent decades have a p p r a i s e d the medical w o r k done b y the F o u n d a t i o n in China, especially in relation to its seminal p r o j e c t - t h e Peking Union Medical College (PUMC).2 An interesting dichotomy raised in those w o r k s w a s the conflict be- t w e e n the F o u n d a t i o n ' s policy of i n t r o d u c i n g high-quality medical service a n d training to China a n d
Journal
Journal of American-East Asian Relations – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1996