本教材共12个单元，涵盖了医学人文领域中的核心学科和主题，包括医学史，医学哲学，医学伦理学，医学社会学，医学人类学，医学教育，叙事医学，文学、艺术与医学，新媒体与医学，医患交流，缓和医疗以及健康素养等。每单元由三个部分构成，分别是学术广角、主题阅读和拓展阅读。每部分都包含一篇阅读文章和课后习题。通过阅读，学生可以了解各领域的基本概况、经典主题和学术前沿。习题设计包含语言、思维、学术层面的训练与考察，内容新颖，题型多样，有助于训练和提升学生的自主语言探索与批判性思维能力。
本教材适用于我国本科院校英语专业和公共英语教育教学，可以作为医学英语、学术英语或医学人文等相关课程教材使用，也可作为医学院校研究生公共英语教育教学资料使用。本教材配有优质音频资源，学生可直接扫码听音。

Unit 1 History of Medicine
Part 1 Academic Horizon
An Introduction to the History of Medicine
Part 2 Thematic Reading
The First Heart Transplant
Part 3 Extended Reading
Nursing
Unit 2 Philosophy of Medicine
Part 1 Academic Horizon
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Medicine
Part 2 Thematic Reading
Disease and Health
Part 3 Extended Reading
Unit 3 Bioethics
Part 1 Academic Horizon
Institutionalization of Bioethics
Part 2 Thematic Reading
Ethical Issues in Assisted Reproductive Medicine
Part 3 Extended Reading
Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium: A Physician Charter
Unit 4 Medical Sociology
Part 1 Academic Horizon
An Introduction to Medical Sociology
Part 2 Thematic Reading
Medicalization
Part 3 Extended Reading
Stigma
Unit 5 Medical Anthropology
Part 1 Academic Horizon
An Introduction to Medical Anthropology
Part 2 Thematic Reading
Ethnomedicine
Part 3 Extended Reading
Culture and Health
Unit 6 Medical Education
Part 1 Academic Horizon
The Birth of Learned Medicine
Part 2 Thematic Reading
Competency-based Medical Education
Part 3 Extended Reading
Medical Education Since World War I: Advances and Challenges
Unit 7 Narrative Medicine
Part 1 Academic Horizon
An Introduction to Narrative Medicine
Part 2 Thematic Reading
Why Narrative Medicine Is Committed to Close Reading
Part 3 Extended Reading
A Place of Memory and Learning
Unit 8 Lerature, Arts, and Medicine
Part 1 Academic Horizon
An Introduction to Literature, Arts, and Medicine
Part 2 Thematic Reading
Indian Camp
Part 3 Extended Reading
The Doctor Writer: Richard Selzer
Unit 9 New Media and Medicine
Part 1 Academic Horizon
An Introduction to E-health
Part 2 Thematic Reading
The Doctor, the Patient, and the World Wide Web: How the Internet Is Changing Health Care
Part 3 Extended Reading
Social Media and Medicine
Unit 10 Doctor-patient Communication
Part 1Academic Horizon
Doctor-patient Communication: A Review
Part 2 Thematic Reading
The Use of "Force"
Part 3 Extended Reading
Specific Goals and Strategies of Communicating with Patients
Unit 11 Palliative Care
Part 1 Academic Horizon
An Introduction to Palliative Care
Part 2 Thematic Reading
A Personal Therapeutic Journey
Part 3 Extended Reading
The Challenge of Knowing
Unit 12 Health Literacy
Part 1 Academic Horizon
An Introduction to Health Literacy
Part 2 Thematic Reading
Health Literacy in Primary Care Practice
Part 3 Extended Reading
E-health Literacy in Older Adults