The Good Doctor
A Father, a Son, and the Evolution of Medical Ethics
یک پدر، یک پسر، و تکامل اخلاق پزشکی
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نقد و بررسی
May 1, 2014
The private and professional lives of two doctorsfather and sonare bared in this memoir of a medical family. The younger Dr. Lerner, an internist-historian-ethicist, reminisces and reflects on his father's extreme devotion to the care of patients. The elder Lerner, an infectious-disease specialist, is portrayed as an old-school, benevolent MD with a take-charge approach. Dad is a practitioner of medical paternalism. Son stands up for patient autonomy. But while reading his father's personal journals years later, the younger Lerner becomes aware of the congruity between parenting and doctoring: knowing when to insist on something and knowing when to let go. He wonders if contemporary medicine has become too democratized. Ethical issuesmedical futility, informed consent, rationing of medical resources, truth telling, medical errors, and overreliance on testing and technologyare depicted as complex and often controversial. Despite their differing perspectives and generational gap, these two doctors are in complete agreement about the paramount importance of the physician-patient relationship and the necessity of humanism in the medical profession.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2014, American Library Association.)
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