试论医学人类学作为医学生课程的必要性

医学人类学是一门崭新的交叉学科，它研究生物／文化与健康／疾病的关系。为使医学生更加全面地理解医学内涵，弘扬民族医学，树立大卫生观，贯彻“以人为本”的理念，更加深入地理解健康与疾病，必须把医学人类学作为医学生学习的重要课程，这也是这门学科的性质及世界医学人类学教育发展趋势决定的。

Necessity for medical anthropology to become course of medical students

The medical anthropology is as a new cross-subject domain of application with the anthro-pology and focus on the relationship between biology/culture and health/disease. The medical anthropology should become an important course of medical student, in order for medical student to whole understand medicine, to enhance the enthnomedieine to attitude towards whole world health, to put into effect orientated human and understand health/disease well by medical doctor, which is a current education trend in world. Moreover, the medical anthropology particularly will suit for this needs.