title: [The emergence of China's Railway Health Services and its motivation in the late Qing Dynasty].
abstract: In the late Qing Dynasty, the railway authority of China commenced establishing their self-run medical institutions, setting up the hygienic standards of railway system, and opening a new prospects of railway health services and epidemic prevention, reflecting the emergence of China's Railway Health Services. The motivations of all these approaches were related to three factors, that is,"the eastward dissemination of western medicine","the medical requirement of railway employees", and"the emergent situation of railway health and epidemic prevention".
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Sciences, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, 241002, China.
authors.forename: Huaping
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D006296:Health Services / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D011890:Railroads