Selzer R, Charon R
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA.
Acad Med. 1999 Jan;74(1):42-4. doi: 10.1097/00001888-199901000-00016.
In this first article for the feature Humanism and Medicine, Rita Charon introduces an excerpt from Richard Selzer's introduction to his latest book, The Doctor Stories. In her introductory and concluding comments, Charon contemplates the role of stories in medicine and how both truth and healing can be found in both listening to and telling stories. In the excerpt presented, surgeon and writer Selzer muses on his twin crafts. As a writer, Selzer can fully appreciate that which he witnesses in his life as a doctor. His ruminations on his own dual citizenship suggests that all doctors, perhaps, can deepen their commitment to medicine, to their patients, and to themselves by strengthening their capacity to behold their patients and to grasp their predicaments. Selzer also traces his origins and, by implication, projects his future. As practicing physicians and medical educators, readers of Academic medicine might be inspired to do the same.
在为《人文主义与医学》这一专题撰写的首篇文章中，丽塔·查伦节选了理查德·塞尔泽为其新书《医生的故事》所写的引言。在引言及结语部分，查伦思考了故事在医学中的作用，以及如何通过倾听和讲述故事来发现真相与治愈之力。在所呈现的节选中，外科医生兼作家塞尔泽对自己的双重技艺进行了思索。身为作家，塞尔泽能充分领会自己作为医生在生活中所目睹的一切。他对自身双重身份的思考表明，或许所有医生都可以通过增强观察患者和理解其困境的能力，来深化自己对医学、对患者以及对自身的奉献。塞尔泽还追溯了自己的出身，并由此暗示了自己的未来。作为执业医师和医学教育工作者，《学术医学》的读者或许也会受到启发去做同样的事。
