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barefoot doctor

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A lay health care worker, especially in rural China, trained to perform tasks such as providing first aid, assisting in childbirth, and dispensing drugs.

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  • noun A farmer or rural resident with basic medical training who worked as a doctor in rural areas of the People's Republic of China from the mid-1960s until the 1980s, generally under a government-sponsored program.

Etymologies

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Derived from the practice of farmers in southern China who would often work barefoot in the rice paddies.

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