Edgoose Jennifer Y C, Edgoose Julian M
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
School of Education, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington.
Ann Fam Med. 2017 May;15(3):272-274. doi: 10.1370/afm.2076.
What does it mean to look into the face of a patient who looks back? Face-to-face encounters are at the heart of the patient-clinician relationship but their singular significance is often lost amid the demands of today's high-tech, metric-driven health care systems. Using the framework provided by the philosopher and Holocaust survivor Emmanuel Levinas, the authors explore the unique responsibility and potential for hope found only in face-to-face encounters. Revisiting this most fundamental attribute of medicine is likely our greatest chance to reclaim who we are as clinicians and why we do what we do.
当凝视着回望你的患者的面容时,这意味着什么?面对面的交流是医患关系的核心,但在当今高科技、以指标为驱动的医疗体系的诸多要求下,这种交流的独特意义常常被忽视。作者们借助哲学家兼大屠杀幸存者埃马纽埃尔·列维纳斯所提供的框架,探讨了唯有在面对面交流中才能发现的独特责任与希望的潜力。重温医学这一最基本的特质,或许是我们重新找回身为临床医生的自我以及弄清楚我们为何从事这份工作的最大契机。