title: [Historical succour of poverty and medical assistance in rural China.].
abstract: There was considerable attention paid to the succour of poverty with widespread practice in China's history. Succour of poverty and medical assistance in rural areas were closely connected with famine relief carried out by the rulers. The mutual assistance of emotional and moral support long-term in rural communities is the most important form of medical assistance. A succour of poverty and medical assistance system in the modern sense should inherit and learn from the past consideration of poverty assistance and bring in the fine tradition of multiple forces to participate, in order to establish a succour of poverty and medical assistance system compatible with economic and social development. This is not only an important component of anti-poverty strategy in rural areas but also an inevitable requirement of historical development.
authors.affiliation: The second hospital of West China of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
authors.forename: Wen-Xian
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ning-Xiu
authors.initials: NX
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiao-Hui
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Ren
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D006801:Humans; D011203:Poverty; D012424:Rural Population; D012922:Social Change