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barefoot doctor

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barefoot doctor
n.
A lay health care worker, especially in rural China, trained in such activities as first aid, childbirth assistance, the dispensing of drugs, and preventive medicine.
barefoot doctor
n
(Medicine) (esp in developing countries) a worker trained as a medical auxiliary in a rural area who dispenses medicine, gives first aid, assists at childbirth, etc.
[translation of Chinese chijiao yisheng, officially translated as primary health worker]
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