Research Status and Development Trends of Contemporary Chinese Medical History and Environmental History in the Context of the Healthy China Strategy

Haoyang Xu; Chong Li; Guoni Liu

doi:10.54691/keb74c67

Authors

Haoyang Xu
Chong Li
Guoni Liu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54691/keb74c67

Keywords:

History of Medicine; Environmental HistoryHistorical Health Geography; CiteSpace.

Abstract

People's health is related to the health of the nation and social stability, and health is one of the ultimate goals pursued by all humanity. The study of medical geography is closely linked with the development of the living environment and is a core aspect of human geography in exploring the human-environment relationship. Currently, academia considers the history of medicine as part of environmental research and temporarily divides the study of medical and health history into four main categories: first, exploring the spatial and temporal distribution and evolutionary mechanisms of diseases in historical periods; second, examining the spread and prevention of diseases in historical periods; third, analyzing the relationship and mechanisms between diseases, ecological environment, and social changes; and fourth, focusing on the game relationship between humans and diseases in historical periods. This paper briefly outlines the representative scholars and their achievements in these four categories and uses CiteSpace software to conduct a literature analysis of contemporary Chinese medical geography, medical history, environmental history, and disaster history, outlining the development trajectory and research directions of contemporary Chinese medical environmental history.

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