Introduction There is growing interest in the need for a deeper integration of the human aspects of health care in the curriculum of physicians.The student during his training starts from the basic sciences(physics,ch...Introduction There is growing interest in the need for a deeper integration of the human aspects of health care in the curriculum of physicians.The student during his training starts from the basic sciences(physics,chemistry,physiology,pathophysiology,etc.)and later goes to the clinical symptoms and the patient;that is,for example,they first learn about the glucose molecule,then the clinical entity of diabetes and finally the diabetic patient.展开更多
Metaphors are used frequently in all sciences that adopt common words to name complex realities.So we can understand"the general doctor as a poet."The value of family medicine/general medicine lies in its di...Metaphors are used frequently in all sciences that adopt common words to name complex realities.So we can understand"the general doctor as a poet."The value of family medicine/general medicine lies in its distinctiveness from academic medicine.It replaced categories by"process and influences/relationships."In its scientific method sensory experience plays an important role.There are many forms of knowledge.Poetry is a source of knowledge by providing us with perspectives of reality.The poet is alone and he/she wants to begin to"express emotions,feelings or sensations."In the same way,the general practitioner who is"a clinician,not a scientist",is alone in his office,amidst the vast health/illness of his patients.General practitioner wants to grasp the deep meaning of health/disease;but that is too daunting a task.That is why his descriptions of diseases are clinical cases;his attempt to achieve a statistical picture of diseases is"blank."But,despite that,his/her results are not empty;quite the contrary,they can be savoured,so to speak;as a poetry.展开更多
文摘Introduction There is growing interest in the need for a deeper integration of the human aspects of health care in the curriculum of physicians.The student during his training starts from the basic sciences(physics,chemistry,physiology,pathophysiology,etc.)and later goes to the clinical symptoms and the patient;that is,for example,they first learn about the glucose molecule,then the clinical entity of diabetes and finally the diabetic patient.
文摘Metaphors are used frequently in all sciences that adopt common words to name complex realities.So we can understand"the general doctor as a poet."The value of family medicine/general medicine lies in its distinctiveness from academic medicine.It replaced categories by"process and influences/relationships."In its scientific method sensory experience plays an important role.There are many forms of knowledge.Poetry is a source of knowledge by providing us with perspectives of reality.The poet is alone and he/she wants to begin to"express emotions,feelings or sensations."In the same way,the general practitioner who is"a clinician,not a scientist",is alone in his office,amidst the vast health/illness of his patients.General practitioner wants to grasp the deep meaning of health/disease;but that is too daunting a task.That is why his descriptions of diseases are clinical cases;his attempt to achieve a statistical picture of diseases is"blank."But,despite that,his/her results are not empty;quite the contrary,they can be savoured,so to speak;as a poetry.
