The Handbook of Primary Healthcare: The Case of Hong Kong (Quality of Life in Asia, 21)

This handbook adopts a transdisciplinary approach to primary healthcare, incorporating a wide scope of perspectives and case studies from Hong Kong in China. It consists of four sections that explore the foundations, practices, development aspects of primary healthcare and systems. The book also pays particular attention to the psychosocial and humanistic contexts of primary healthcare, exploring dimensions such as misinformation in the age of social media in health communication and aspects of resilience in primary healthcare. With contributions from scholars and practitioners in areas that include family medicine, psychology, nutrition, health policy, health education, dentistry, social work, as well as Chinese medicine, it is an expansive presentation of current knowledge on healthcare in the community setting. It is an indispensable reference for policymakers, researchers, advanced students, primary healthcare professionals, community health practitioners, and health managers and educators seeking to collate the practical and philosophical aspects of healthcare, in Hong Kong particularly, but also in Greater China and Asia more broadly. Beyond its relevance to the immediate medical community, it is also a valuable text for researchers in medical law, social sciences, quality of life studies, public policy, business administration, and information technology and health communication.

Ben Y. F. Fong had his medical training at the University of Sydney, where he had also completed a master’s in public health. He is a specialist in Community Medicine, holding Honorary Clinical Associate Professorship at the two local medical schools in Hong Kong, China. He is currently the Professor of Practice (Health Studies), and associate division head of the Division of Science, Engineering, and Health Studies, and the Director of the Centre for Ageing and Healthcare Management Research of the College of Professional and Continuing Education at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China.

Vincent Law is a senior lecturer and associate division head of the Division of Social Sciences, Humanities and Design of the College of Professional and Continuing Education, and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Ageing and Healthcare Management Research of the College of Professional and Continuing Education at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Vincent received Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Master of Business Administration (MBA) (with distinction) from the City University of Hong Kong, and Bachelor of Science from The University of Hong Kong. Vincent teaches social sciences, applied sciences, and management subjects. He is an experienced researcher in social sciences and public policy. He also participated in some large-scale consultancy or research projects for the government and private organisations. He edited three books on primary care, ageing, and sustainability and authored a few journal articles and book chapters, as well as a Chinese book series which attempts to apply Chinese philosophy to the contemporary world.

Albert Lee, MD, FRCP, FCIArb, LLM with distinction (Arbitration and DR), is an emeritus professor of public health and primary care, and clinical professional consultant in Family Medicine at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is an adjunct professor of the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and an honorary professor of the International Centre for Future Health System at the University of New South Wales, Australia and Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and senior research fellow of Centre for Medical Ethics and Law at the University of Hong Kong. He is a member of National Academy of Medicine (NAM) USA and served NAM Forum on Investing in Children Globally, honorary fellow of Faculty of Public Health, UK. He has served as a WHO advisor/consultant and contributed models of care for school health and healthy city, applicable internationally. He has published over 270 journal papers and edited 6 books on primary healthcare, healthcare law and ethics, healthy setting approach, and healthy school.