The Construction of Doctor-patient Community with a Shared Future Based on Mencius’ Theory of Original Goodness of Human Nature / 中国医学伦理学

ABSTRACT

Since the first medical reform, China has carried out three reforms and improvements to the medical system. However, there are still some shortcomings, the problems at different levels are mainly reflected in the doctor-patient relationship. Doctor-patient conflict has become one of the hot topics of social focus. Under the development of the country and the joint efforts of all parties, doctor-patient conflict has been alleviated to a certain extent, and the doctor-patient relationship has been developing in a better direction. With the proposal of the concept of "doctor-patient community with a shared future", the joint construction of a community between doctors and patients has become a further goal. Mencius’ theory of original goodness of human nature echoes the construction of the contemporary doctor-patient community with a shared future. It criticizes the empirical theory of human nature and emphasizes the constructive and initiative of goodness in nature, that is, to achieve goodness in nature through preservation and expansion. In the doctor-patient relationship, goodness in nature is the construction of doctor-patient community with a shared future, which requires both doctors and patients to work together with firm confidence and gradually complete the construction of the community by continuous practice.