Toward humanistic healthcare through dystopian visions: Sally Wiener Grotta's "One Widow's Healing".

IF 1.7 4区哲学 Q2 ETHICS

Philosophy Ethics and Humanities in Medicine Pub Date : 2025-02-05 DOI:10.1186/s13010-025-00163-5

Meeyoung Kang

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Abstract

Background: Critical medical humanities critique the traditional medical humanities' focus on producing humane doctors, arguing that it plays only a supplementary role in medical education, and advocate for understanding health, disease, and humanity from a biocultural perspective. Essentially, they emphasize structural inequalities in modern medicine.

Methods: This study analyzes Sally Wiener Grotta's "One Widow's Healing" from the perspective of critical medical humanities. In line with this critical perspective, this study highlights the human alienation and oppression caused by biopower and technology-driven medicine in "One Widow's Healing."

Results: This story presents a dystopian vision of future healthcare systems in the highly technologically advanced and hyper-connected societies of 2100 and advocates for a reorientation of medicine toward a holistic, culturally informed practice that prioritizes human well-being and empathy.

Conclusions: By analyzing the literary response to the dystopian future, this study explores the potential dangers at the intersection of capitalism and technocentric healthcare, reflecting on the future direction of humanistic medicine.

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通过反乌托邦的愿景走向人文医疗：莎莉·维纳·格罗塔的《一个寡妇的治疗》。

背景：批判医学人文批判传统医学人文注重培养人性化的医生，认为它在医学教育中只起辅助作用，主张从生物文化的角度理解健康、疾病和人性。从本质上讲，他们强调现代医学中的结构性不平等。方法：从批判医学人文学科的角度分析莎莉·维纳·格罗塔的《一个寡妇的治愈》。在这一批判的视角下，本研究在《一个寡妇的治疗》中强调了生物力量和技术驱动的医学造成的人类异化和压迫。结果：这个故事呈现了一个反乌托邦的愿景，即在2100年技术高度发达和高度互联的社会中，未来的医疗系统，并倡导将医学重新定位为一种整体的、文化上明智的实践，优先考虑人类的福祉和同理心。结论：通过分析文学对反乌托邦未来的反应，本研究探讨了资本主义与技术中心医疗保健交叉的潜在危险，反思人文医学的未来方向。

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Philosophy Ethics and Humanities in Medicine Arts and Humanities-History and Philosophy of Science

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期刊介绍： Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine considers articles on the philosophy of medicine and biology, and on ethical aspects of clinical practice and research. Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects of the philosophy of medicine and biology, and the ethical aspects of clinical practice and research. It also considers papers at the intersection of medicine and humanities, including the history of medicine, that are relevant to contemporary philosophy of medicine and bioethics. Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine is the official publication of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University Medical Center.