Book Title: The Possibility of Practicing Medical Humanities

Book Description:

After reading the manuscript of Tsai Tu-Chien's The Possibility of Practicing Medical Humanities, I was astonished by the rapid pace of his academic progress. Not only is there no trace of him "not coming from an undergraduate social science background," but instead, all I see is a sociologist with an incredibly rich store of medical knowledge. Only with such a background could he write these interdisciplinary academic papers with such novel content and outstanding methodology. — Li Hong-Hsi

Brother Tu-Chien and the collaborative scholars included in this volume of papers have demonstrated a broad and open humanistic vision. Through their expectations for Taiwan's medical profession, their far-reaching vision of medical humanities, their diagnosis of the current state of medical human rights in Taiwan, their exploration of the developmental context of Taiwan's medical politics, their reflections on the reconstruction of the 921 earthquake disaster areas, and their earnest expectations for medical education reform, they have enriched the core essence of humanities in Taiwan's medical community and responded to the pulse of a rapidly changing era. — Wu Shuh-Min

Through the medical community's reflections on the medical humanities in Taiwan, Professor Tsai proposes a media-centered framework for medical humanities education reform. By presenting the current state of medical human rights in Taiwan, reviewing the development of Taiwanese medicine, reflecting on experiences participating in the 921 earthquake relief efforts, and synthesizing the outcomes of photography and medical culture teaching, he has compiled this magnificent and uniquely insightful collection of papers. The profound thinking presented in this volume represents a contemporary challenge that our medical profession must face together. — Ho Nyuk-San