Quality

Ironically, humanistic quality was put on the second chapter of Sun’s Essential Formulary.

How about the first? It is Professional quality of a great doctor (大醫習業).

The chapter is amazingly short and I can quote it here:

凡欲為大醫，必須諳《素問》、《甲乙》、《黃帝針經》、明堂流注、十二經脈、三部九候、五臟六腑、表裡孔穴、本草藥對，張仲景、王叔和、阮河南、范東陽、張苗、靳邵等諸部經方，又須妙解陰陽祿命，諸家相法，及灼龜五兆、《周易》六壬，並須精熟，如此乃得為大醫。若不爾者，如無目夜遊，動致顛殞。次須熟讀此方，尋思妙理，留意鑽研，始可與言於醫道者矣。又須涉獵群書，何者？若不讀五經，不知有仁義之道。不讀三史，不知有古今之事。不讀諸子，睹事則不能默而識之。不讀《內經》，則不知有慈悲喜舍之德。不讀《莊》《老》，不能任真體運，則吉凶拘忌，觸塗而生。至於五行休王，七耀天文，並須探賾。若能具而學之，則於醫道無所滯礙，盡善盡美矣。

PS. It is entirely logical to put professional quality before humanistic requirements. Unlike many other professions and contrary to what most people think, the ability of a doctor is usually more important than the ethical standard. Most of the mishaps in this field are due to lack of knowledge (or failure to apply knowledge); truly unethical decisions with adequate scientific support are uncommon.

After all, an unethical doctor with sufficient knowledge is a lousy doctor, but a kind person with no medical knowledge is a pastor.