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Taking Off the White Coat: Struggling With Dual Roles in China’s Hospitals

In the past few years, Dr. Baowen Feng, with 22 years of clinical experience in gynecology and obstetrics, has rarely had the chance to practice medicine.

Occasionally, when Beijing’s Tongzhou District Women’s and Children’s Hospital is particularly swamped, she will don her white coat for half a day or so. But even without it on, she is a highly respected figure in the hospital. As vice president of community healthcare, she oversees community healthcare management for the entire Tongzhou District. (more…)

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