When Words Fail: Love’s Rightful Place in Medicine

Marvin So
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Early in my medical training, I shared an intimate connection with a patient that took me by surprise. How was it that I could come to feel so strongly about someone I had only just met? The experience prompted me to contemplate the transcendent, curious relationship entwining patients and clinicians, and reflect on how such a relationship squared with my own conceptions of love and caregiving. Though it is sometimes argued that transferring our emotions onto patients beyond direct clinical concerns can bias or tarnish the medicine we provide, I contend these emotions can be cherished and prudently explored rather than swept away.
当语言失效:爱在医学上的应有地位
在我接受医学培训的早期,我和一位病人有过亲密的接触,这让我大吃一惊。我怎么会对一个刚刚认识的人产生如此强烈的感情呢?这段经历促使我思考病人和临床医生之间那种超然而奇特的关系,并反思这种关系如何与我自己对爱和护理的看法相吻合。虽然有时有人认为,将我们的情绪转移到患者身上,而不是直接的临床问题,可能会使我们提供的药物产生偏见或玷污,但我认为,这些情绪可以被珍惜和谨慎地探索,而不是被冲走。
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