Research on the Challenges and Solutions in the Career Development of Patient Escorts

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10.2991/978-2-38476-611-6_68How to use a DOI?

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Patient Escorts; Career Challenges; Sustainable Development

Abstract

As China’s population ages and its healthcare needs diversify, the patient escort profession has emerged as a burgeoning service industry. However, this fast-growing area is full of many challenges to its professionalization and long-term development. Based on the questionnaires and interviews conducted with patients’ escorts, six major issues in their work have been identified: overly high client expectations, limitations of the hospital’s system, personal safety and health threats, unclear professional demarcation, unstable income, and insufficient social recognition. This article applies concepts from behavioral economics to analyze the causes of the above problems and propose countermeasures. The results provide theory basis and practical reference for standardizing the patient escort profession and promoting them to go in-depth.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zihe Shen
AU  - Xin Luo
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/07
TI  - Research on the Challenges and Solutions in the Career Development of Patient Escorts
BT  - Proceedings of the 2026 12th International Conference on Digital Humanities and Frontiers in Social Sciences (DHFSS 2026)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 623
EP  - 630
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-611-6_68
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-611-6_68
ID  - Shen2026
ER  -