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Conference Paper: The Dynamics of Guanxi in Hospital Care in China
Title | The Dynamics of Guanxi in Hospital Care in China |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 2013 |
Publisher | The Pearl River Delta Social Research Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. |
Citation | PRD (Pearl River Delta) Seminar Series, Hong Kong, China, 27 March 2013 How to Cite? |
Abstract | When 'quality medical care' is in short supply and public hospitals are undergoing
corporatization, patients are mobilizing their guanxi (social relationships) to obtain preferential treatment
and better care. Intermediaries play a critical role in connecting service seekers to service providers. As
there are many seekers but only limited number of providers, many seekers rely on indirect
intermediaries for help. Based on ongoing ethnographic research in Guangzhou and Beijing, this talk will
focus on these intermediaries' motives for helping those whom they do not know. They vary from
sympathies to obligations and favor exchanges. Tie strength is found to be an important variable that
affects intermediaries' willingness to help, as well as the seekers' chance of obtaining preferential
treatment. The study illustrates how relational work is performed and constantly negotiated among
different groups of actors. It also demonstrates how indirect reciprocity in multiple levels of
intermediations is realized through the intermediaries. |
Description | The seminar is organized by the Pearl River Delta Social Research Centre, Department of Sociology & Universities Service Centre for China Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/190730 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Chan, CSC | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-17T15:38:21Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2013-09-17T15:38:21Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | PRD (Pearl River Delta) Seminar Series, Hong Kong, China, 27 March 2013 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/190730 | - |
dc.description | The seminar is organized by the Pearl River Delta Social Research Centre, Department of Sociology & Universities Service Centre for China Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong | - |
dc.description.abstract | When 'quality medical care' is in short supply and public hospitals are undergoing corporatization, patients are mobilizing their guanxi (social relationships) to obtain preferential treatment and better care. Intermediaries play a critical role in connecting service seekers to service providers. As there are many seekers but only limited number of providers, many seekers rely on indirect intermediaries for help. Based on ongoing ethnographic research in Guangzhou and Beijing, this talk will focus on these intermediaries' motives for helping those whom they do not know. They vary from sympathies to obligations and favor exchanges. Tie strength is found to be an important variable that affects intermediaries' willingness to help, as well as the seekers' chance of obtaining preferential treatment. The study illustrates how relational work is performed and constantly negotiated among different groups of actors. It also demonstrates how indirect reciprocity in multiple levels of intermediations is realized through the intermediaries. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | The Pearl River Delta Social Research Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | PRD (Pearl River Delta) Seminar Series | en_US |
dc.title | The Dynamics of Guanxi in Hospital Care in China | en_US |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Chan, CSC: cherisch@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Chan, CSC=rp00617 | en_US |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 224128 | en_US |
dc.publisher.place | Hong Kong | - |