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Introduction. Active introduction of «technocratic model» in medicine, changes the nature of «doctor-patient» relations. They are judged today as depersonalized. The depersonalization of doctor-patient relations indicates an essential «crisis of medicine». The reason for the latter is seen in the displacement from practical health care of an approach to the patient that has been developed for centuries, based on the principle of mutual trust. The issue of the role of higher medical education in overcoming the processes of depersonalization of medicine becomes topical. Overcoming is possible due to the reflection of the valuable bases of the medical activity and professionally significant personal qualities of the specialist in the training process. Methodology. The authors use an axiological approach in analyzing the contradictions between the peculiarities of modern medical practice and the declared traditional values. Drawing on scientific literature on the designated problem, the authors turn to their own experience of teaching humanities in medical university. Discussion. The basis of the dialectical nature and uniqueness of medical practice are considered, which necessarily determine «professional-value orientations and personality qualities» of the future specialist. It is argued that in the formation of the future doctor, the leading role belongs to the disciplines of the humanitarian cycle. Conclusion. In the current conditions of dehumanization of medicine, one of the tasks of disciplines of the humanitarian cycle in medical university becomes a critical comprehension of the value bases of the profession of doctor. This problem can be related to the application of a number of pedagogical techniques, allowing medical students to realize the reconstruction of conceptual dimensions of medicine, without which it is difficult to maintain a holistic perception and medical experience, and the mission of the doctor.