van der Geest Sjaak
Anthropol Med. 2005 Aug 1;12(2):135-50. doi: 10.1080/13648470500139957.
This article proposes to look at the ritual dimension of hospital work, a chain of words and acts, which fill patients with hope for a 'future life'. Conventional boundaries between magic, science and religion are reconsidered. The author argues that biomedicine, far from being a cultural no-man's land, represents the basic values of culture. It provides a space where doctors, nurses and patients find their deepest convictions and values demonstrated and confirmed. Medical words and interventions express and re-create people's belief in the canons of science and biomedicine as ultimate truth. Pointing out the religious dimension of medicine in no way belittles medicine's role and therapeutic efficacy. Rather it provides us with a better understanding of the 'mechanics' of recovery.
本文提议审视医院工作的仪式层面，这是一系列言语和行为，它们让患者对“未来生活”充满希望。魔法、科学和宗教之间的传统界限被重新审视。作者认为，生物医学远非文化上的无人区，而是代表了文化的基本价值观。它提供了一个空间，医生、护士和患者在其中发现他们最深层的信念和价值观得到展示和确认。医学词汇和干预措施表达并重新塑造了人们对科学和生物医学准则作为终极真理的信仰。指出医学的宗教层面绝不是贬低医学的作用和治疗效果。相反，它让我们能更好地理解康复的“机制”。
