Theoretical Characteristics and Practical Value of Traditional Chinese Medicine Ethics
10.16466/j.issn1005-5509.2025.01.018
- VernacularTitle:中医伦理学的理论特征与实践价值
- Author:
Bei CUI
1
;
Huiwen LI
;
Yan-long WANG
Author Information
1. 浙江中医药大学第一临床医学院 杭州 310053
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
traditional Chinese medicine ethics;
medical ethics;
traditional Chinese medicine morality;
medical morality;
medical practice;
ethical practice;
contemporary traditional Chinese medicine;
discipline construction
- From:
Journal of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
2025;49(1):102-107
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
[Objective]To summarize the theoretical framework and characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine ethics,reflecting the unique value of traditional Chinese medicine ethics within the existing knowledge system of medical ethics.[Methods]By exploring the emergence and development of traditional Chinese medicine ethics,summarizing the theoretical framework of traditional Chinese medicine ethics and exploring the main characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine ethics from the perspectives of doctor-patient,inter medical,and medical social relationships,the contemporary value and advantages of traditional Chinese medicine ethics are demonstrated.[Results]Traditional Chinese medicine ethics embodies the ethical views of valuing life and respecting death,embracing all professions,and adapting to the times through education.Compared with the ethical thinking of western medicine,it combines the humanistic connotations of traditional Chinese medicine,emphasizing interactive doctor-patient relationships,respecting collaborative doctor-doctor relationships,and emphasizing both morality and law in medical social relationships,to construct a contemporary ethical thinking system of traditional Chinese medicine.[Conclusion]The enrichment of traditional Chinese medicine ethics in contemporary medical ethics should establish a collaborative doctor-patient relationship,a collaborative doctor-doctor relationship and a medical society relationship based on moral guidance.This is of great significance for finding a way out for traditional Chinese medicine ethics,creating a new system of medical ethics with Chinese characteristics and cultivating cultural confidence.
