Krakauer E
Program for Humanities and Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Yale J Biol Med. 1992 May-Jun;65(3):243-9.
This paper explores the relationship between medicine and politics, between medical management of the human body and governmental management of the body politic. It argues that the increasing complexity both of society and of governmental administration of society in the modern age has made it impossible completely to separate medicine from politics. It demonstrates that, along with great potential for social benefit, "medico-politics" brought with it great danger; much harm has been done purportedly to heal the body politic. The paper concludes by suggesting a way for physicians to minimize this danger.
本文探讨医学与政治之间的关系,以及人体的医疗管理与政治体的政府管理之间的关系。它认为,现代社会及其政府管理日益复杂,使得医学完全脱离政治成为不可能。它表明,“医学政治”在带来巨大社会利益潜力的同时,也带来了巨大危险;据称,为了治愈政治体却造成了诸多伤害。本文最后提出了一种让医生将这种危险降至最低的方法。