Medical Ethics of Ancient Traditional Chinese Medicine and Its Contemporary Value from the Perspective of Pre-Qin Confucian Benevolence
10.12026/j.issn.1001-8565.2022.05.20
- VernacularTitle:先秦儒家仁学视域下古代中医医德及其当代价值
- Author:
Yingxiao WANG
1
Author Information
1. Basic Medical School, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Pre-Qin Confucianism;
Benevolence Thought;
Ancient Traditional Chinese Medicine;
Medical Ethics Thought
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
2024;35(5):573-577
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Ancient traditional Chinese medical ethics thought is a value system with Pre-Qin Confucian benevolence thought as the core. Under the cultivation and regulations of Pre-Qin Confucian benevolence, such as "benevolent love", "taking life as morality" and "self-denial and ritual", ancient Chinese medicine gradually formed the medical ethics ideal of "helping the world and saving people", the medical ethics goal of "life is the most important" and emotion towards patient of "considering others in one’s own place". Learn from the past, cultivate the professional emotion of "saving people and helping the world" of medical staff through example education; using recessive education to guide both doctors and patients to respect their lives, thus creating a social atmosphere of mutual respect between doctors and patients, and advocating doctor-patient communication that apply oneself to others with the help of carrier education; the essence of ancient traditional Chinese medical ethics thought is integrated into the construction of contemporary medical ethics, so as to overcome the problem of medical ethics anomie that life is technicalized and medical services are materialized in today’s medical development, make contemporary medical ethics thought meet the needs of today’s medical development, make medical development return to benevolence and promote the healthy development of medicine.
