Clinical medicine mainly studies the etiology, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of diseases, and is committed to improving the level of clinical treatment and promoting human health.
Clinical medicine studies the etiology, pathogenesis and pathological process of diseases as a whole according to the clinical manifestations of patients, and then determines the diagnosis. Through prevention and treatment, diseases can be weakened to the maximum extent, the pain of patients can be alleviated, the health of patients can be restored, and the labor force can be protected.
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Under the influence of the third scientific and technological revolution, there were three revolutions in medicine in the 20th century, resulting in modern clinical medicine.
(1) The first revolution took place from 1930s to 1950s, marked by the discovery of sulfonamides and antibiotics and the mass production of penicillin.
(2) The second revolution took place in 1970s, marked by the invention and application of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
(3) The third revolution took place in the late 1970s, marked by the use of genetic engineering to produce biological products (such as somatostatin, insulin, growth hormone, interferon and hepatitis B vaccine).
With the development of pharmacology, therapeutics, molecular biology, immunology, medical genetics, organ transplantation technology, infectious diseases, medical imaging and other disciplines, in the 1970s, the biomedical model gradually turned to the bio-psychological-social medical model, which comprehensively looked at health and diseases from three aspects of biology, psychology and society, and implemented comprehensive treatment from various aspects.
Modern clinical medicine has formed distinctive features such as specialization of disciplines, internationalization of development, modernization of technology and interpenetration of disciplines, and has increasingly close relations with social medicine and general practice, becoming the most important weapon for human beings to fight diseases.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-clinical medicine