Moskop John C
Narrat Inq Bioeth. 2018;8(1):41-46. doi: 10.1353/nib.2018.0021.
This commentary examines themes identified in twelve physicians' narratives recounting their experiences in caring for seriously ill family members. In these narratives, physicians describe heavy emotional burdens and other impediments to sound medical decision-making with and for their loved ones. The physicians struggled to balance their roles as physicians and as loving family members, and they employed their professional role in a variety of different ways. Several physicians became personal physicians to their family members, and others deliberately avoided that role. Serving as personal physician to a close family member is widely viewed as a violation of a professional boundary, and adopting that role may expose physicians to sanctions. These narratives offer lessons to physicians regarding their roles in caring for family members and in supporting family members of patients with grave illnesses.
这篇评论文章审视了十二位医生在叙述照顾重病家庭成员经历时所呈现的主题。在这些叙述中，医生们描述了沉重的情感负担以及在为亲人做出合理医疗决策时面临的其他阻碍。医生们努力平衡自己作为医生和充满爱意的家庭成员这两种角色，并且以各种不同方式运用他们的专业角色。几位医生成为了自己家庭成员的私人医生，而其他医生则刻意回避这一角色。担任亲密家庭成员的私人医生被广泛视为违反职业界限，而承担这一角色可能会使医生受到制裁。这些叙述为医生们提供了关于他们在照顾家庭成员以及支持重病患者家属方面角色的经验教训。
