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!["A 'barefoot' doctor listens to the heartbeat of the unborn child. These useful community health workers used once to be literally barefoot, when they brought their healing skills to workers into the rice paddy-fields.](https://github.com/jayu-eleutheria/agora-digital-garden/blob/main/assets/nlm%20nlmuid-101437065-img.jpg?raw=true)

`"A 'barefoot' doctor listens to the heartbeat of the unborn child. These useful community health workers used once to be literally barefoot, when they brought their healing skills to workers into the rice paddy-fields."`
`#source http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101437065`
`© World Health Organization`
# [[Concept]]
## [[Definition]]
- **赤脚医生** is
	- #alias 
		- #pīnyīn Chìjiǎo yīshēng
		- #english Barefoot doctor
	- A type of healthcare provider who underwent basic medical training and worked in rural villages in [[Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó|China]] during [[Máo Zédōng]]'s rule.
		- #source 
			- #pull https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barefoot_doctor
## [[Scratchpad]]
- Similar to
	- [[barber surgeon]].
	- [[doula]].
	- [[parteira]].
	- [[midwife]].
	- [[traditional birth attendant]].
	- [[feldsher]].
- Unsubstantiated claims to be confirmed:
	- > The Feldsher system of rural primary care provided some of the inspiration for China's barefoot doctors.
		- #source 
			- #pull https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feldsher
- Barefoot doctors inspired the [[Declaration of Alma-Ata]].
	- #source https://dx.doi.org/10.2471%2FBLT.08.021208