Difference Analysis of Physician Declarations between China and America and the Enlightenment / 中国医学伦理学

ABSTRACT

Chinese Physician Declaration and Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium-Physician De-claration in the United States and European countries are two significant documents that promote and cultivate phy-sicians′professionalism. Researches showed that the two declarations were basically the same in the background and guiding ideology. However, influenced by the historical tradition, cultural characteristics, medical and health system, medical science technological development, and social psychological factors, there exists difference in terms of perceive and practice. The differences manifest in the comprehension and grasping, ethnical theory basis, the nature and the degree of standard abilityand practice guarantee of physicians′professionalism. Therefore, study on the differences between the two declarations is beneficial to the construction of physicians′professionalism in our country.