A Perspective Analysis of Humanity in Medicine: How to Revive (Part II)

Humanity is the fundamental for the originality of medicine. Even with the declaration of the “Oath of Hippocrates” when each medical student starts their medical education, yet a lot of them do not really adhere to what they declared. The need thus arises for inquiry and research into the ways that humanity and medical education are related. Medicine must be re-humanized by addressing the competence and professionalism of physicians in recognizing and understanding their patients. This approach targets attention to medicine as a form of human activity by focusing on the importance of the humanity to medical students, physicians, medical supervisors, policy makers, educators, and medical journals. So a legitimate monitoring system to screen for humanity in daily medical practice should be introduced. Doctors should have a sense of reasoning to focus on what it means to be patient-friendly rather than studying only the theoretical ambiguity. Through the reform, an integrated system that is organized and incorporated to secure the establishment and development of medical humanity is required.■