Since the establishment of civilization, human beings have never stopped thinking about life and health, so there have been thoughts and remarks about medical humanities since ancient times. However, in the early days, medical humanities was only a branch of medicine, which was generally some conclusions or experiences summarized by medical personnel who had been engaged in independent thinking for a long time, and medical humanities was in the stage of no formal definition for a long time.

With the rapid development of medical technology, human beings are thinking more and more about the humanism of medicine and life, which provides a very important theoretical basis for the birth of medical humanism. With the continuous improvement of the overall comprehensive quality of medical workers, medical workers' thinking and summary of their work are also increasing, and their quality is also improving, which provides an important academic foundation for the birth of medical humanities.

As a young discipline of great significance to human development, medical humanities has gradually developed through continuous exploration.