陆医学研究「把台湾纳一省」 《刺胳针》全文刊登卫福部抗议信
▲陆医学研究「把台湾纳一省」，《刺胳针》全文刊登卫福部抗议信。（图／翻摄刺胳针网站）
国际顶尖的医学期刊《刺胳针（The Lancet）》6月25日登出一篇中国的医学研究，文中图表把台湾列为中国一省，引发医界、学界抗议，卫福部长陈时中也在第一时间向期刊编辑部说明，也透过外交部驻英代表处递交抗议信，今（16）日凌晨已全文刊登于期刊网站上。
6月24日研究刊出后，刺胳针脸书纷丝团被网友灌爆，强调「台湾不是中国的一个省」，并留下负评抗议。学界也表示，台湾和中国有着不同的卫生政策、健保体系，拿来一起分析研究，结果也令人存疑。
陈时中表示，台湾是一个主权国家，并非任何其他国家的一部份，此是不争的事实，《刺胳针》网路刊登中国学者「Mortality, morbidity, and risk factors in China and its provinces, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017」的论文中，将台湾与「中国各省的平均值」相比，研究方法偏颇有违学术伦理之虞，加上双方的卫生环境、医疗水准和公卫体系完全不同，所引用统计数据来源及搜集方法差异甚巨，结果不具公共卫生参考价值且有损该期刊权威性和公信力。
▲卫福部长陈时中。（图／记者季相儒摄）
卫福部统计处专委李品青表示，该篇声明是于上周五投稿至《刺胳针》期刊，对方也同意于15日刊出，但因台英时间有差异，最后是在16日凌晨上线。
对于《刺胳针》全文刊登我抗议信，陈时中表示感谢，亦对于陈副总统与国内学界的共同声援特别予以致谢；同时也重申，任何学术的发表内容不该被单一国家的政治意图所牵制，台湾将持续为全球的卫生医疗及福利贡献一己之心力，不受任何不良政治意图影响。
The Lancet刊载之全文如下：
Taiwan’s health-care system and administration are independent of China
As the Taiwan Minister of Health and Welfare, I am writing to make a formal protest against the erroneous designation of Taiwan as a province of China in the systematic analysis of mortality, morbidity, and risk factors in China and its provinces, 1990–2017 for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.
Taiwan is a sovereign democratic country, not part of any other. This is an undisputed fact. Our president and parliament are democratically elected. Taiwan takes pride in its democracy. It is not part of China. The people of Taiwan have repeatedly reiterated their expectation for maintaining the status quo.
Taiwan was listed as a province of China and included in the tables in the Article.1 However, Taiwan’s hygienic conditions, health –care standards, and public health systems are completely different to those of China. Taiwan and China also use distinctly different methods to collect statistical data from different sources. The investigators compared the data of Taiwan with China’s national mean by using biased and academically unethical methodologies. The results, therefore, are of no value to the field of public health and might be detrimental to the journal’s prestigiousness and credibility.
On behalf of the Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare and the people of Taiwan, I hereby formally protest and demand that The Lancet make a correction.
I am the Minister of Health and Welfare, Republic of China (Taiwan).Shih-Chung Chenstamylee@mohw.gov.twMinistry of Health and Welfare, Taipei City 11558, Republic of China (Taiwan)