2023-06-05 焦點.杏林．診間
醫病平台／Medicine（醫學）
編者按：本週的主題是「醫學與文學」。第一篇文章來自曾在醫病平台發表過中譯散文的史丹佛大學醫學院麻醉科教授Audrey Shafer。她最近在一場大病之後，以「醫學是這樣」為題，寫出學者、師者、病人、醫者交錯不息的照護角色，並由上次同一位本身也是醫師的譯者，翻譯成同樣令人感動的中文詩。我們也邀請兩位具有深厚人文修養的醫師分別寫出他們對醫學與人文的看法。一位是長年旅居美國的名作家兼退休精神科教授，寫出他對醫師成為良醫的一體兩面「治病」 與「醫人」的重要，而語重心長地發表他對當代醫學教育，越來越注重治病的層面，而幾乎完全忽略了「人」的隱憂。一位對「醫學人文」與「科學研究」都有深厚造詣的年輕醫師介紹幾本他所鍾愛的探討疾病、死亡、歷史的好書，而深深體會身為醫師，我們不僅要了解疾病生物上的機制，更要了解罹病的人與他周遭的社群是如何互動，而文學作品正是提供這類分析或敘事最好的媒介。Medicine is this -- the sun dries your unfurling wings and you standcommencing with new wisdom醫學是這樣——太陽曬乾你展開的雙翅，而你帶著嶄新的智慧出發Medicine is this -- we are alone, each in our own bodyyet, like roots intertwining trees below the forest floorwe connect, each to each to each醫學是這樣——我們各自獨立卻如林子底下交纏的樹根我們相繫，於彼於此於彼Medicine is this -- an awareness of transienceeternity held in a single momentthe moment held with a steady gazeresearcher, teacher, patient, doctorthe connecting circles of those who care醫學是這樣——對稍縱即逝的覺知剎那即永恆凝視這剎那學者、師者、病人、醫者那些交錯不息的照護角色Medicine is this: we are herebeside you, beholding you; we listenwe pave a path girded by scientific discoveryand remain here, with you, as you feel the gentle warmth of health醫學是這樣：我們在這在你身旁，觀照你；我們聆聽我們構築一條被科學發現所繚繞之徑留於此徑，當你摩挲著健康的溫煦時與你同行Medicine is this -- an ever education that teaches love, that teaches justice, that teaches speak up, that teaches pride that teaches the colors of the many threads which weave among us that teaches the long arc of mending and care醫學是這樣——永遠的教育，教導愛、教導正義、教導發聲、教導自豪、教導編織在我們間羈絆的多彩、教導修復與關懷的情節Medicine is this -- a life you dream becomes the life you leadyou sit at the bench searching for an answerthe many nights, the puzzling paths ending at the secret garden's locked gateand just then it comes, the very question you need to turn the keyyou connect with those around you, and you smilecurious as morning light to see what the day will bring醫學是這樣——你夢想的生活化為你過的生活你坐在板凳上找尋答案夜復一夜，錯綜蜿蜒的小徑止於秘密花園緊鎖的大門此時出現你需要轉動鑰匙以解答的疑問你與周圍的人產生關聯，然後你微笑像曙光一樣好奇今天將發生什麼Medicine is this -- masks and shields, gloves and glassa door from today opens to tomorrowan overture: a chance to breathe, to sigh, to smile醫學是這樣——口罩和防護衣、手套和玻璃罐一道從今日通往明天的門一首序曲：一次呼吸、嘆息、微笑的機會Medicine is this: a gaze from a waiting room windowyour body no longer scripted, your fingers tap quietlyyou rise to the call of your name, to a receptionist's bright smilewhile above, the helicopter brings a new family to the wide arms of healing醫學是這樣：候診室窗外的凝視你的身體不再按稿演出，你的手指悄悄輕叩你起身迎向你被呼喚的名字，回應接待員燦爛的笑容而在上空，直升飛機將一個新家庭帶入療癒的懷中Medicine is this: long nights, long hallways, infinite pageshard choices, fatigue felt in bones, yetclocks become calendars, neophytes become seasonedand welcome, as they had been, all who come to learnconnections like bridges through generationseach knowing more, each contributingas the community of medicine nurtures insights to full flower, from the promise of green budsto the sun-tipped splendor of blossoms open to the world醫學是這樣：漫漫長夜，幽幽長廊，無盡書頁艱難的抉擇，滲入筋骨的疲憊然而時鐘變成日曆，新手逐漸成熟一如既往歡迎莘莘學子到來代代相承每個人都知道更多，每個人都有所貢獻隨著醫界培養洞見直至滿開從前景可期的青綠嫩芽成為如陽光燦爛般的花朵綻放於世界面前 Medicine is just this: uswe are medicinefrom a baby's first blinks in the lightto a patient's guided steps after surgerywe are medicinefrom a grinning preschooler as her end-of-treatment bell ringsto a friendly check on a colleague after a heartbreak shiftwe are medicinefrom the first white coat to the cap and gownwe champion the head and heart of researchto understand, to pioneer, to transform science into hopewe are medicineall of us shining points on a great linked spheretogether we learntogether we teachtogether we discovertogether we sharetogether we healtogether, we are medicine.醫學就只是這樣：我們我們就是醫學從嬰兒第一次在燈下眨眼到病人術後經攙扶地邁步我們就是醫學從治療結束鈴響而咧嘴一笑的幼兒到心碎值班後對同事的友好檢查我們是醫學從第一件白袍到畢業袍我們捍衛研究的核心去理解，去開拓，將科學轉化為希望我們是醫學我們全都在極其相聯的領域閃耀著光芒我們一起學習我們一起教導我們一起發現我們一起分享我們一起療癒我們一起，這就是醫學Audrey Shafer, MD, is a Stanford Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain medicine, the Director of the Medicine and the Muse program and the Founder of the Biomedical Ethics and Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration. 原文轉載自
