The New Healthcare Reform & the Reconstruction of Medical Ethics and Relevant Regulations——An Overall View of Current Chinese Medical Ethics Construction and Relevant Heated Issues / 中国医学伦理学

ABSTRACT

The nature of medical science,especially the highly socialized characteristic of modern healthcare service determines that a larger ratio of medical ethics should be included in the new healthcare reform,with the construction of a new medical ethics taken as support and guidance.An overall view of medical ethics is crucial in the construction of medical ethics under the context of current Chinese healthcare reform,that is,the construction of medical ethics should be performed in an ultra-wide field.Medical ethics should take a complete participation in each and every field of healthcare reform,but not merely focuses on the particular field of medical professionals and the construction of a harmonious physician-patient relationship.In the systematic construction of new medical ethics,the current key issue lies in the reconstruction of a socialist medical ethics and related regulations,both for theoretical and practical reasons.The reconstruction is far more than releasing a couple of policies.Merely in a theoretical perspective,seven major issues are to be resolved during the reconstruction process.