Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/319419 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Citation: 
[Journal:] China Political Economy (CPE) [ISSN:] 2516-1652 [Volume:] 3 [Issue:] 1 [Year:] 2020 [Pages:] 75-91
Publisher: 
Emerald, Leeds
Abstract: 
Purpose Doctors' labour and medicines are special necessities for human survival and evolution. Since China launched the healthcare reform, the theoretical circles' discussions have not yet clarified the respective special properties of doctors' labour and medicines as goods and the internal relations between doctors' labour and medicines at the level of the theoretical basis. Design/methodology/approach Health is a prerequisite for people's all-round development, a precondition for economic and social development and the people's common aspiration. The all-round moderately prosperous society could not be achieved without people's all-round health. Findings The authors believe the socialist relation between doctors' labour and medicines with Chinese characteristics should be one that is people-oriented, and the corporatization of hospitals or the capitalization of doctors' labour should be avoided. Originality/value In this paper, the authors explore the particularity of doctors' labour, particularity of medicine production, circulation, consumption and the internal relations between doctors' labour and medicines by using the analytical approach of Marxist political economy while considering the special roles of doctor's labour and medicines in the reproduction of labour power and put forward the theoretical basis for the segregation of doctor's labour and medicines.
Subjects: 
Capitalization of doctors' labour
Corporatization of hospitals
Doctors' labor
Medicines
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