Humanistic Spirit Contained in Traditional Chinese Medicine should Be Valued

Wu Qunli; Liang Xiaochun

doi:10.24920/003486

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Humanistic Spirit Contained in Traditional Chinese Medicine should Be Valued

Chinese Medical Sciences Journal Vol. 34, Issue 1, Pages: 51-54(2019)

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- Humanistic Spirit Contained in Traditional Chinese Medicine should Be Valued
- Affiliations：
  
  Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
- Author bio：
  
  * E-mail: xcliang@vip.sina.com
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- DOI：10.24920/003486
  CLC：
- Received：15 September 2018，
  
  Revised：22 February 2019，
  
  Published Online：30 March 2019，
  
  Published：30 March 2019
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Wu Qunli, Liang Xiaochun. Humanistic Spirit Contained in Traditional Chinese Medicine should Be Valued[J]. Chinese medical sciences journal, 2019, 34(1): 51-54.
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Wu Qunli, Liang Xiaochun. Humanistic Spirit Contained in Traditional Chinese Medicine should Be Valued[J]. Chinese medical sciences journal, 2019, 34(1): 51-54. DOI： 10.24920/003486.

摘要

医学是研究人的健康和疾病及其相互变化规律的一门学科，其研究的对象是人，而人具有自然、心理和社会三重属性。因此，医学必然具有人文属性。中医学植根于中国传统文化的土壤之中，蕴含着丰富的人文思想。奉行“天人合一”的思想；崇尚“生命至重”的理念；坚守“医乃仁术”的德行；强调“医贵乎精”的信念；恪守“贵义贱利”的准则；遵守“尊重同行”的行规。这些都是医学人文思想的具体体现。让我们从中国传统医学中汲取人文思想的养分，使其在融化医患坚冰，改善医疗服务质量中发扬光大，重现其现代价值。

Abstract

Medicine is a science studying human’s health and diseases as well as the regularity between them. Its research subject is human

who possess natural attribute

psychological attribute and social attribute. Therefore

medicine is bound to possess humanistic attribute. Rooted in Chinese traditional culture

Traditional Chinese Medicine contains abundant humanistic thoughts

for instance

pursuing the unity of human and nature

advocating the vital importance of life

sticking to the virtue of “medicine being humane art”

abiding by the principle of “Benevolence prior to interest”

complying with the medical rule of “Respecting peers”. These are the very concrete reflections of medical humanistic spirit. In this article we aim to explore the humanistic thoughts contained in Traditional Chinese Medicine

and try to inherit and carry forward the spirit to better relieve the tensions between doctors and patients and improve the quality of medical services.

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