当代疾病史研究的问题与趋势:从AIDS到SARS

The Contemporary History of Diseases in China

疾病对人类生活的影响是多维度的。它既可被认作一种单纯的生物学事件，导致个体的躯体损伤和疼痛，也可被视为复合的心身事件，给病人添加躯体和精神痛楚，还可作为复杂的社会性事件。小到影响家族繁衍，大至改变人类文明进程。在相当长的时间里，历史学研究不甚关心疾病的社会影响。

The social and cultural turning of the disease history reflects the impact of the diseases on the society and culture in a general context.The turning of the disease history offers a new approach to exploring the strat- egy of preventing and treating diseases,and to dealing with the contradictions and disputations in the health care system.