Pickering W G
J Med Ethics. 1997 Apr;23(2):116-8. doi: 10.1136/jme.23.2.116.
To omit the word kindness in medical practice and journals, in favour of fashionable notions such as "care" and "skills", is not in patients' interests. Health professionals may come to the view that natural kindness (the same as that found in the world outside medicine), because it is absent by name in medical skills courses' or other official edicts, is somehow unscientific and unworthy of their attention. As lay-people know, it is an essential adjunct to all medical management, sometimes the only one required, and by no means always a time-taking matter. And so its use by name in journals, and its actual use in practice, is here recommended. It is a supreme medical ally.
在医疗实践和医学期刊中忽略“善意”一词，而青睐诸如“关怀”和“技能”等时髦概念，这不符合患者的利益。医疗专业人员可能会认为，天然的善意（与医学领域之外的世界中所发现的善意相同），由于在医疗技能课程或其他官方指令中未被提及，在某种程度上是不科学的，不值得他们关注。正如外行所知，善意是所有医疗管理的重要辅助手段，有时是唯一需要的手段，而且绝非总是一件耗时的事情。因此，建议在期刊中提及善意，并在实践中实际运用善意。它是医疗的绝佳盟友。
