Soc Sci Med. 1985 ; 21(8): 931-6.

China's impact on American medicine in the seventies: a limited and preliminary inquiry.

McQueen DV.

A citation survey of the impact of Chinese medical ideas on Western medical literature is presented. In general it is argued that the diffusion of ideas was very rapid at the beginning of the decade, but has markedly slowed recently. Speculations on this 'loss of interest' are offered.