2010Acta Universitatis Medicinalis Nanjing(Social Science)Requires access

Connection of medical humanism and traditional Chinese culture

Zhang Qian-de

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This article focused on the important meaning of the humanistic spirit of traditional Chinese culture to the reconstruction of medical ethics.The humanistic spirit of traditional Chinese culture was analyzed from three aspects: the benevolence in Confucius,the compassion in Buddhism,and the dialectics in Taoism,with a purpose of seeking its matching point to medical ethics.At last,five ways of how to cultivate medical humanistic spirit through traditional Chinese culture had been discussed.

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This article focused on the important meaning of the humanistic spirit of traditional Chinese culture to the reconstruction of medical ethics.The humanistic spirit of traditional Chinese culture was analyzed from three aspects: the benevolence in Confucius,the compassion in Buddhism,and the dialectics in Taoism,with a purpose of seeking its matching point to medical ethics.At last,five ways of how to cultivate medical humanistic spirit through traditional Chinese culture had been discussed.

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This article focused on the important meaning of the humanistic spirit of traditional Chinese culture to the reconstruction of medical ethics.The humanistic spirit of traditional Chinese culture was analyzed from three aspects: the benevolence in Confucius,the compassion in Buddhism,and the dialectics in Taoism,with a purpose of seeking its matching point to medical ethics.At last,five ways of how to cultivate medical humanistic spirit through traditional Chinese culture had been discussed.

Key concepts: Humanism, Taoism, Buddhism, Compassion, Chinese culture, Medical ethics, Dialectic, Meaning (existential)

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