医学人文学科是人类经验，医学实践和科学技术的交汇处。它指的是人文和社会科学在健康教育及其实践中的跨学科和多学科应用。它提供了对人类状况，痛苦，人格以及我们彼此之间责任的洞察力。它还帮助我们了解生物科学和医疗保健如何在文化和社会背景下发生，以及文化如何与个人的疾病经历以及医学实践方式相互作用。
Medical humanities lie at the intersection of human experience, medical and health care practices, scientific technology, and political, educational, and social institutions. It refers to the interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary application of the humanities, creative arts, education, and social sciences concerning medicine and health care. It provides insight into the human condition, suffering, personhood and our responsibility to each other. It also helps us understand how health and well-being take place within cultural and social contexts and how culture interacts with the individual experience of illness in the way medicine and health care are practiced.