What is the definition of modern medicine?

The modern medical system is summed up in the long-term medical practice, mainly including medical introduction, medical ethics, social medicine, epidemiology, emergency medicine, forensic medicine, biomedical engineering, ultrasound medicine, navigation medicine, aerospace medicine, diving medicine, psychiatry, psychological medicine, sports medicine and so on.

Medicine includes many scientific disciplines, and their similarity is to serve human health care. The scope of medicine is still expanding, and all the knowledge and technology of physics, chemistry and biology that are helpful to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases will become the content of medicine. But as the core of medicine, clinical medicine and group medicine are aimed at individuals and groups respectively.

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Medicine can be divided into modern medicine (commonly known as western medicine) and traditional medicine (including traditional Chinese medicine, Tibetan medicine, Mongolian medicine, Uygur medicine, Korean medicine, Yi medicine, Zhuang medicine, Miao medicine, Dai medicine, etc. Different regions and nationalities have corresponding medical systems and different aims and purposes. India's traditional medical system is also considered to be very developed.

Research fields include basic medicine, clinical medicine, forensic medicine, laboratory medicine, preventive medicine, health care medicine and rehabilitation medicine.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Modern Medical System