“病夫”丘吉尔:传记中的医学伦理与身体政治

The "Sick Man" Churchill:Medical Ethics and Body Politics in Biography

长期以来,英国"铁血首相"丘吉尔都是以"世纪巨人"的形象闻名于世,但其实,关于丘吉尔的疾病等负面描写的传记作品不断出现,如《丘吉尔私人医生的日记》《病夫治国》等就揭露了丘吉尔作为失意者、病人的"不堪"秘密。这些传记揭开了丘吉尔作为"病夫"的鲜为人知的一面,展露了疾病状态对丘吉尔的晚期政治生涯乃至世界政治产生的重要影响,对丘吉尔病情等负面信息的详细记载也引发了医学伦理问题。综合这些作品也可看出,描写"病夫"丘吉尔的作品随时代的前进产生了一些有规律的变化。

For a long time,the British"Iron-Handed Prime Minister"Churchill is known as a"giant of the century".But in fact,there is a steady stream of negative depictions,such as illness of Churchill.Biographical works such as Churchill:The Struggle for Survival and The Sick Man of Governance have revealed Churchill’s"squalid"secret as a loser and patient.These biographies have revealed the unknown side of Churchill as a sick man,and the important influence of his illness on Churchill’s late political career and world politics.The detailed record of Churchill’s illness and other negative information also raise many medical ethical issues.It can be seen from the whole view that the works of"the sick man"Churchill also change regularly over the time.