Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-8335, USA.
Ann Intern Med. 2010 Aug 3;153(3):200-1. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-153-3-201008030-00011.
The new professionalism movement in medical education takes seriously the old medical virtues. Perhaps the most difficult virtue to understand and practice is humility, which seems out of place in a medical culture characterized by arrogance, assertiveness, and a sense of entitlement. Countercultural though it is, humility need not suggest weakness or lack of self-confidence. On the contrary, humility requires toughness and emotional resilience. Humility in medicine manifests itself as unflinching self-awareness; empathic openness to others; and a keen appreciation of, and gratitude for, the privilege of caring for sick persons. Justified pride in medicine's accomplishments should neither rule out nor diminish our humility as healers.
新的医学教育专业主义运动认真对待古老的医学美德。也许最难理解和实践的美德是谦逊，在以傲慢、自信和自命不凡为特征的医学文化中，谦逊似乎不合时宜。尽管谦逊与文化背道而驰，但它不必暗示软弱或缺乏自信。相反，谦逊需要坚韧和情感上的适应力。医学中的谦逊表现为坚定不移的自我意识；对他人的同理心；敏锐地认识到并感激照顾病人的特权。对医学成就的合理自豪既不应排除也不应削弱我们作为治疗者的谦逊。
