Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, 550 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA.
Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, 550 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA.
Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2021 Jul-Aug;50(4):454-456. doi: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2020.04.005. Epub 2020 May 17.
Because image interpretation occurs out of public view, the lay public does not always know what a radiologist is, or that a radiologist is even a physician. Despite the reality that many radiologists have little to no patient contact, all have considerable impact on patient care. As viewed through the lens of patient impact and in the context of the social contract that physicians enter, radiologists lay equal claim to the title "doctor" as any other physician. With titles come responsibilities: as physicians, radiologists are obligated through the social contract to provide humanistic and virtuous care, irrespective of time spent in close proximity with patients. This paper touches on ways in which radiologists can honor the social contract, providing care through a commitment to empathy, compassion, generosity, honesty and collaboration with nonradiologist colleagues. This invitation for introspection assumes special meaning for a profession that is undergoing an identity change at the behest of AI, serving as a reminder that radiologists ought to pay as much heed to maintaining virtuous physician character as they do to the fine points of image interpretation.
由于影像解读是在公众视野之外进行的，因此公众并不总是知道放射科医生是什么，或者放射科医生甚至是医生。尽管许多放射科医生与患者几乎没有接触，但他们都对患者的护理产生了相当大的影响。从对患者影响的角度来看，并在医生签订的社会契约的背景下，放射科医生与其他任何医生一样，都有资格被称为“医生”。头衔带来了责任：作为医生，放射科医生有义务通过社会契约提供人文和有道德的护理，无论他们与患者的密切接触时间如何。本文探讨了放射科医生如何通过对同理心、同情心、慷慨、诚实和与非放射科同事合作的承诺来履行社会契约，提供关怀的方式。对于一个在人工智能的要求下正在经历身份转变的专业来说，这种自我反省的邀请具有特殊的意义，提醒放射科医生应该像关注图像解读的细节一样，更加关注保持有道德的医生品格。
