Contributions of Xin'an medical school and physicians to acupuncture theory were introduced in the article. Academic theories or characteristics of several physicians of Xin'an school such as YANG Xuan-cao, WU Kun, WANG Ji, WU Yi-ding, ZHENG Mei-jian and XU Chun-fu, et al were sorted out. Contributions of inheriting and illustrations on acupuncture theory were analyzed so as to expound its significance and value on modern acupucture clinic.
Acupuncture ; education ; history ; manpower ; Acupuncture Therapy ; history ; China ; History, Ancient ; Humans ; Physicians ; history ; Schools, Medical ; history ; manpower

Career Choice ; Female ; General Surgery ; manpower ; Humans ; Male ; Physicians, Women ; supply & distribution ; Prejudice ; Schools, Medical ; organization & administration

This study was conducted to assess the psychosocial adjustment of Korean-American physicians in the aspect of personal satisfaction after returning to Korea. A questionnaire was mailed to 72 Korean-American physicians who were practicing medicine in Korea and forty physicians responded. These physicians, typically in their 50s, lived in America for 21-30 years before coming back to Korea. The most frequent motives for them to come back to Korea were giving back to their native country, longing for their native country, filial duty, and suggestions from their colleagues or professors to move back. Eighty percent of them were extremely satisfied or slightly satisfied with their work in Korea, and only 10% are extremely or slightly dissatisfied with their decision to return. Although most of them are content for the time being in Korea, only 12.5% have definite plans to stay in Korea after retirement. The variables that were most significantly related to personal satisfaction of returning to Korea were how well treated at work and how much satisfied with job rather than other factors such as motives for returning, duration of staying in America and in Korea, and family situation.
Adaptation, Psychological* ; Adult ; Emigration and Immigration ; Human ; Job Satisfaction ; Korea/ethnology ; Middle Age ; Personnel Selection ; Physicians/supply & distribution ; Physicians/psychology* ; Quality of Life ; Retirement* ; Schools, Medical/manpower ; United States/ethnology