Medical ethics

Author: Li Yongsheng
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: Medical ethics is a science that studies the generation, development, and changes in medical morals within medical practice. It primarily focuses on the ethics of healthcare workers and elevates various medical phenomena and ethical issues to a theoretical level, forming an independent discipline that combines medicine and ethics. It is a highly theoretical and practical subject. This textbook extensively incorporates the latest research findings in medical ethics from both domestic and international sources. Theoretically, it strives for innovation, especially in medical ethics research, expanding from past studies of deontology and virtue ethics to include theories such as utilitarianism and value theory. It has evolved from examining doctor-patient relationships and interprofessional issues to exploring the relationship between medicine and society. Research on the relationship between medical value and social value, among other topics, has shifted many ethical relationships from "what is" to "what should be." In terms of content, it emphasizes the connection between theory and practice, particularly in explaining complex and ever-changing ethical phenomena while constructing a moral principle and norm system that meets contemporary demands. It fully leverages the unique role of medical ethics in constraining, guiding, enlightening, punishing evil, and rewarding good. This enables medical ethics education to help healthcare professionals develop clear moral awareness, form personal ethical beliefs and habits, and transition their ethical perspectives from "what is" to "what should be." In terms of structure, it emphasizes the unity of form and content, focusing on cultivating the ability of healthcare workers to analyze moral phenomena, establish moral concepts, and improve their moral qualities.