人文医学和医学人文学引论

Introduction to humanistic medicine and medical humanity

作者首先阐述人文医学的提出背景 ,并作了较为详细描述。接着论述了人文医学的内涵 ,具体为人文和人文精神 ;人文医学即其包含的 3个方面的含义 ,作者主张将作为仁学的人文医学要把病人看作生理、心理和社会三方面的统一体 ;医学人文学 ,即从生物医学发展到人文医学离不开医学人文学 ,至于医学人文学涉及到哪些学科 ,目前尚无定论。

The authors first give a detailed account of the background against which humanistic medicine came into being and then expound the connotations of humanistic medicine. These include the following aspects. The first one is humanism and the humanistic spirit. The second one is humanistic medicine and the three implications it embodies. The authors argue that humanistic medicine, taken as the science of benevolence, ought to regard the patient as the unity of three aspects, physiological, psychological and social. The third one is medical humanity, viz. medical humanity is indispensable to the advancement from physiological medicine to humanistic medicine. As to what disciplines are involved in medical humanity, no final conclusion has yet been reached on this matter so far.