Research on the current situation of the social application field of medical humanities in China / 中国医学伦理学

ABSTRACT

ObjectiveTo clarify the current situation and trend of the social application field of medical humanities in China， explore contributions and characteristics of interdisciplinary fields， and provide a reference for improving the disciplinary research system and forming disciplinary synergy. MethodsCiteSpace， a visual software， was used to cluster the keywords of the social application of medical humanities journals from 2010 to 2022， which were included in three major databases of CNKI， Wanfang Data， and VIP. The clusters were classified according to the functions of contemporary universities. This paper summarized the current social application fields of medical humanities in China and conducted a holistic analysis. ResultsThe current social application field of medical humanities in China included eight fields： education and teaching of medical humanities， construction of discipline professional， academic research on discipline ideology， application of medical scientific research work， medical health service and safety management， resolution of doctor-patient relationship and dispute， traditional Chinese medicine culture and humanistic spirit， and adaptation to the national strategic development concept respectively. ConclusionThere was an uneven tendency in the development of the social application field of medical humanities in China. The overall distribution of its social application fields showed a trend of “strong humanities education， strong academic research， strong medical safety， and weak cultural concepts”. Medical humanities education was the common focus of the social application of medical humanities in China.