Curzer H J
Philosophy Department, Texas Tech University, Lubbock 79409-3092.
J Med Philos. 1993 Feb;18(1):51-69. doi: 10.1093/jmp/18.1.51.
Care is widely thought to be a role virtue for health care professionals (HCPs). It is thought that in their professional capacity, HCPs should not only take care of their patients, but should also care for their patients. I argue against this thesis. First I show that the character trait of care causes serious problems both for caring HCPs and for cared-for patients. Then I show that benevolence plus caring action causes fewer and less serious problems. My surprising conclusion is that care is a vice rather than a virtue for HCPs. In their professional capacity HCPs should not care for their patients. Instead HCPs should be benevolent and act in a caring manner toward their patients.
关怀被广泛认为是医疗保健专业人员（HCPs）的一种角色美德。人们认为，医疗保健专业人员在其职业角色中，不仅应该照顾他们的患者，而且应该关爱他们的患者。我反对这一论点。首先，我表明关怀这一性格特质给富有关怀心的医疗保健专业人员和被关怀的患者都会带来严重问题。然后，我表明仁慈加上关怀行为所带来的问题更少且不那么严重。我令人惊讶的结论是，对于医疗保健专业人员来说，关怀是一种恶习而非美德。在其职业角色中，医疗保健专业人员不应该关爱他们的患者。相反，医疗保健专业人员应该心怀仁慈，并以关怀的方式对待他们的患者。
