Institute of Hybrid Culture, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
Tissue Bank, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).
Med Humanit. 2024 Feb 22;50(1):135-143. doi: 10.1136/medhum-2023-012696.
Modern hospitals have succeeded in saving humans from numerous diseases owing to the rapid development of medical technology. However, modern medical science, combined with advanced technology, has developed a strong tendency to view human beings as mere targets of restoration and repair, with modern hospitals characterised as spaces centred on technology-focused treatment. This results in a situation where human beings are reduced to objects and alienated. This study, integrating Heidegger's concepts of and contends that 'care' is a vital concept in terms of the fundamental spatiality of hospitals and needs to be restored as the key guiding principle affecting hospital space. The loss of the caring spirit in the development of modern hospitals affects how hospitals are conceived, built and managed, as well as how human experiences within hospitals are dealt with or allowed for appropriately. This study offers critical reflection on how future planning of hospital spaces can be better conducted to ensure that human experiences, and the care needed to appropriately value such experiences, are adequately expressed, and the complexity of human existence is suitably considered.
现代医院借助医疗技术的飞速发展，成功地使人类免受许多疾病的困扰。然而，现代医学与先进技术相结合，已经形成了一种将人类仅仅视为修复和恢复目标的强烈趋势，现代医院的特点是以技术为中心的治疗空间。这导致人类被降格为物，产生异化。本研究综合了海德格尔的 和 概念，认为“关怀”是医院基本空间性的重要概念，需要恢复为影响医院空间的关键指导原则。现代医院发展中关怀精神的缺失，影响了医院的构思、建设和管理方式，以及医院内人类体验的处理或适当性。本研究批判性地反思了如何更好地进行未来医院空间规划，以确保人类体验以及适当重视此类体验所需的关怀得到充分表达，并适当考虑人类存在的复杂性。
