Introduction to Human and Social Medicine: Advanced Teaching Material for Medical Colleges

Author: Wang Yafeng
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Publish Date: 2004-10-13
Features: The guiding idea of selecting and compiling the content for the textbook "Introduction to Humanistic and Social Medicine" is to examine the interaction between medicine and human culture, as well as the interaction between medicine and society from the perspective of human culture and society. It analyzes the history and current state of medical development, reveals the laws of medical progress, and looks ahead to the future trends of medical development. It highlights the value orientation of medical humanism, promotes the humanistic value of medicine, guides students to overcome a purely technical medical orientation, and focuses on cultivating and shaping the humanistic qualities of medical students. In terms of content selection, following the requirements of the editorial committee, it combines the actual conditions of medical students upgrading from non-medical backgrounds with the realities of general and adult medical education in China, carefully selecting content from fields such as the history of medicine, medical philosophy, medical logic, medical aesthetics, medical psychology, medical ethics, medical sociology, behavioral medicine, social medicine, medical education, medical cultural studies, and health economics, totaling 18 chapters.