The Making of a Physician

Medicine is a science, and healing, an art. The right mix of a scientist and an artist is essential in a good physician. Clinical detachment is the balance between the scientist and the human. Good physicians are born; however, it is possible to cultivate the qualities. Gaining the patient's co...

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Autor principal: Balakrishnan, V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
Materias:
Musings
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3151448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21836786
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1229.41133
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description Medicine is a science, and healing, an art. The right mix of a scientist and an artist is essential in a good physician. Clinical detachment is the balance between the scientist and the human. Good physicians are born; however, it is possible to cultivate the qualities. Gaining the patient's confidence is an art; a sense of humor can greatly help. Give a child respect and he becomes your friend. Death is inevitable, but a physician can help make it less agonizing. A good physician is a philosopher, aware of the beauty of life, of his limitations and conscious of the power that controls us.
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spelling pubmed-31514482011-08-11 The Making of a Physician Balakrishnan, V. Mens Sana Monogr Musings Medicine is a science, and healing, an art. The right mix of a scientist and an artist is essential in a good physician. Clinical detachment is the balance between the scientist and the human. Good physicians are born; however, it is possible to cultivate the qualities. Gaining the patient's confidence is an art; a sense of humor can greatly help. Give a child respect and he becomes your friend. Death is inevitable, but a physician can help make it less agonizing. A good physician is a philosopher, aware of the beauty of life, of his limitations and conscious of the power that controls us. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC3151448/ /pubmed/21836786 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1229.41133 Text en Copyright: © Mens Sana Monographs http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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