Fromm once pointed out that "the problem in19th century is that God is dead, and the problem in 20th century is that human beings are dead". Indeed, in the 20th century after breaking the shackles of theology, human beings created more material wealth than before. The speed of scientific and technological progress is faster than ever before. This is a miracle in human history, but it is also a miracle that has caused human tragedy-material has drowned human nature, and technology has replaced human nature.
Looking back on the gains and losses of the 20th century, we have made clear the responsibility of the 20th century: to return to humanity and rediscover it. Of course, this does not require us to abandon science and technology and reject the material wealth brought by scientific and technological progress, but to inject humanistic spirit into science and technology, pay attention to people's cultivation in material pursuit, and realize the perfect combination of science and technology and humanities, material and humanities.
Strengthening the construction of medical humanities is an important way to implement complete medical education, that is, the teaching plan includes interdisciplinary humanities and social science courses such as medical sociology, medical ethics, health law, health economics, etc., in order to integrate the training effects of different disciplines (courses) on different aspects of talent quality and cultivate all-round medical talents.
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At the turn of the century, China has indeed done a lot of work in the construction of medical humanities, and has set up some research institutions of medical humanities, such as Dalian International Humanities and Social Medicine Research Center, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Peking University Medical History Research Center and Southeast University Medical Humanities Research Center.
There are also some influential medical humanities magazines in China, such as Medicine and Society, Medical Philosophy, China Medical Ethics and Chinese Journal of Medical History. However, for China, which has one fifth of the world's population and is one of the four ancient civilizations in the world, the development of medical humanities is extremely disproportionate to its status and responsibility.
Therefore, in the 2 1 century when the world pursues the return of humanistic spirit, it is necessary for China to strengthen the construction of medical humanities to adapt to the development trend of world science.