INTRODUCTION 3
Introduction to the Proceedings Volume"Health Care,East and West：Moving into the 21st Century" 3
THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS OF CHINA AND THE USA—PROVIDING CARE IN TWO COUNTRIES 27
Health Care in China&Zhang Wenkang 27
Health Care Institutions：What Services are Provided Now and How?&Samuel O.Thier 38
Do Patterns of Disease Differ,and Will They Stay That Way?&Jeffrey P.Koplan 40
Change in Disease Pattern in China&Shao Ruitai 54
How Do Patterns of Disease Differ and Will They Stay That Way?—Conmmentary&Geoffrey C.Bowker 76
HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL—THE PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE THE CARE 83
Matching Health Care Providers to Health Care Needs&Harry A.Sultz 83
Matching Health Care Personnel to Health Care Needs in China&Wang Yu 98
Medical Education in China&Xu Qunyuan 120
The Challenge of Keeping Health Care Professionals Up to Date&Jordan J.Cohen 127
Complementary,Alternative and Integrative Medical Therapies：Epidemiology and Overview in the United States&David M.Eisenberg 134
Traditional Chinese Medicine in China&Liu Baoyan,Lu Aiping 156
A Survey of Research on Road Traffic Trauma in China&Wang Zhengguo 179
Challenges of Disaster Medical Response in the New Millennium(abstract)&Susan M.Briggs 190
RESEARCH—CREATING THE HEALTH CARE OF THE FUTURE 193
Basic Research：The Role of Basic Scientists in Health Care&Liu Depei 193
From Basic Research to Better Health&Wendy Baldwin 199
Clinical Research：Perspective from China&Huang Jiefu 213
Research Training&Wei Lihui 225
Research Training：Creating the Next Generation of Investigators(abstract)&Martha L.Gray 235
PUBLIC HEALTH－PROMOTING THE HEALTH OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC 239
Cardiovascular Risk Factors Determining Health Priorities&William B.Kannel 239
Education of the Public：Getting the Message Across 247
Health Education for All in China&Xu Wenqing 250
Shattuck Lecture——Medicine and the Media&Timothy Johnson 259
Climate Change(global warming)and Health&John M.Last 273
The Threat of Unhealthy Envirouments：What Can Be Done In China?&Li Liming 288
CHALLENGES FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY 297
Development and Prospects of Mental Health in China&Zhang Mingyuan 297
Mental Health：a Truly International Concern(abstract)&Steven E.Hyman 304
HIV/AIDS Situation in China&Zhang Konglai 305
HIV and Classical Sexually Transmitted Diseases：a Global Problem Requiring Local Solutions&Myron S.Cohen,Ada Adimora 312
Is Substance Abuse a Medical Problem?&Steven Jonas 316
Recent Situation of Substance Abuse and the Control Measures in China&Cai Zhiji 329
China's Health Development and Reform&Zhang Wenkang 341
Building for the Future：the Social and Financial Structures to Provide Effective and Affordable Care&Daniel C.Tosteson 351
The Training of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons in the United States 356
APPENDICES 361
Appendix A：Invited Speakers and Discussants for the Conference on the Health Care,East and West,Moving into the 21st Century 361
Appendix B：The Organization Committee and the Program Committee for the Conference on the Health Care,East and West,Moving into the 21st Century 364