The formation and development of medical ethics in China

The formation and development of medical ethics in China is what you need to know for the combined Chinese and Western medicine physician exam, medical education network has collected and organized the relevant knowledge so that the majority of candidates can refer to study.

(A) the development process of ancient Chinese medical ethical thought formation

(late Spring and Autumn, "Huainanzi", Shennong tasted a hundred herbs) - East Han Zhang Zhongjing, "Treatise on Typhoid and Miscellaneous Diseases", opposed to hasty, "know the people and love the people", "pay attention," "observe carefully," "seek diligently," "learn extensively" - -The pioneers of medical ethics, Sun Simiao of the Tang Dynasty, in his "Thousand Golden Essentials" (千金要方), put forward in a more systematic way the ethical guidelines for medical practitioners in terms of ideology and moral character, professional learning, attitudes towards patients and relationships with peers - Lin Bu of the Song Dynasty, in his "Record of Reflections on Medicine" (省心錄-论医) "Constant Virtue" is the key to human life and death - Liu Wansu, one of the Four Great Masters of the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, advocated that "the way of medicine is to help the good and to heal the sick as good." --Gong Tingxian in the Ming Dynasty in the "ten thousand diseases back to the spring - the doctor ten points" to store the heart of benevolence, do not emphasize profit, store benevolence and righteousness, rich and poor, although different, the drug Shi no two. Chen Shikong in "Surgical Zhengzong - Five Precepts and Ten Essentials for Medical Practitioners" (included in the U.S. Encyclopedia of Bioethics, which is considered to be the world's earlier written code of medical ethics) -- Yu Chang in the Qing Dynasty in "Laws of the Medical Door," which explicitly sets out the norms of medical ethics and standards of right and wrong for doctors when treating patients, and the famous doctor Fei Bo Xiong, who puts it forward: "To save lives and learn medicine can be, want to seek profit and learn medicine is not."

To this point, the main contents of the ancient Chinese medical ethics are summarized as follows:

(1) the cause of benevolence and love to save people, sincere to help the world norms.

(2) The moral quality of not seeking fame and fortune, and being clean and upright.

(3) The service attitude of being dedicated to saving lives and not being afraid of hardship.

(4) Modesty and prudence, serious and responsible medical style.

(5) the dedication to the medical profession without fear of power.

These fine traditions of ancient medical ethics are still being recited and inherited by future generations, and have become a valuable cultural and spiritual heritage in Chinese medicine.

(II) The development of medical ethics in modern China

The 1926 issue of Chinese Medicine contained the Code of Medical Ethics formulated by the Chinese Medical Association, a full text of ***2,339 words, which dealt with the discussion of general medical behavior. This is rare among the codes of medical ethics around the world in the early 20th century, and reflects the view of medical ethics unique to the semi-colonial and semi-feudal period in China at that time. The code also explicitly states that a doctor's duty should be to practice humanitarianism, not to seek financial gain.

In June 1932, Shanghai published Medical Ethics, edited by Song Guobin, which was China's first more systematic monograph on medical ethics, indicating that China had entered the stage of modern medical ethics from traditional medical ethics.

(3) Medical ethics in the socialist period

During the new democratic revolution, Mao Zedong's inscription to the China Medical University in Yan'an in 1941, "Save the dead and help the wounded, and carry out the humanitarianism of the revolution," laid the foundation for the content of medical ethics in the socialist period, and became the basic principle of medical ethics in China. The basic principles of medical ethics in China.

After the founding of the new China, China's health policy focused on prevention, and health work was focused on rural areas and the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, which reflected the value orientation of medical ethics in the socialist period, that is, for the benefit of the vast majority of people in society.