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The article seems a bit long, so I decide to divide it into two parts for the convenience of your editing.
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Resolution to resolve the tension between doctors and patients --
breaking monopoly and inputting multiple capitals
(1)
The tension between doctors and patients is one of the major puzzledoms of China's medical industry. It is a multilayer issue which has been popularly concerned by all circles of the society. The Jul.29, report, A Cold-blooded Hospital in Henan, by South Weekly, and another report, 'White Wolf' Instead Of 'White Angel', That Is What People Call A Doctor Nowadays, by China Youth Daily on Aug.3, along with other articles have made the issue a hot topic.
Firstly, facing a man at death's door who was called 'anonym', a hospital in Henan tried hard to save the man at the beginning, and then the hospital discarded the man and caused his death. In the incident, there is something wrong with some members of the hospital; the doctors concerned have blasphemed the ethic of their profession.Every one's life is unique with its irrepeatability and unsubstitutability.The right of survival is heaven-sent. Anyone, esp.a doctor should awe the sanctity of a life. The third item of China's Bylaws of Medical Organization Management explicitly stipulates that the tenet for a medical organization is to relieve the pain and save the lives of its patients and to serve people for their health.'Mercy','Kindheartedness', 'Humanitarianism' and 'To save a life wholeheartedly' are the heavenly laws for doctors, and is the bottom line of their profession. The term 'White Angel' which reflected a highly moral evaluation has now been darkened gradually by public opinions, even been faded up as "A wolf with white coat" (for short as "White Wolf"). Basically, that is because the doctors have passed the bottom line.
An organization should have its tenet and insist the tenet, regardless of being a profit organization or a nonprofit one. In the process of running its business, the organization should treat the tenet as its top rule when profiting collides with the tenet and when economy and ethic cannot be combined together.In other words,the foundation of the policy to deal with the colliding doesn't base on the rational calculation of the cost and profit, rather, it rests with the organization's credo and tenet. The commonweal quality that public health undertakings possess requires the commonweal quality of a hospital. A hospital cannot mainly target profiting. Even profit hospitals, including state-run and private hospitals, should carry out humanitarianism to relieve the pain of its patients and save their lives.
No ambiguity and waver be allowed on the tenet.
Rationally speaking, the troubles between doctors and patients now tend to increase. The troubles, except those caused by hospitals, are caused by the society and some patients. For example, some patients made troubles with no reason; yet some media which exaggerated some medical negligence cases fueled the tension. Among them, the doctors usually became a helplessly weak group. Many-several-time revised Bylaws of Dealing with a Medical Negligence demands doctors to produce evidence, while the bylaws -- the system that reverses the producing evidence for medical responsibilities -- obviously incline to the patient side. In fact, a patient, the patient's family and the society should give hospital and doctors some more tolerance and understanding, and should have some more scientific sense. First, the relationship between a doctor and its patient is not simply a relationship between a seller and its customer. but a relationship between buddies, and the common enemy of the buddies is diseases. In the tension and conflict between the two, there will be no winner. Second, medicine is a sophisticated speciality. There are some uncertainties in the process of treatment. All the time along the treatment, failure is possible. At present, it is accepted that the rate of exact diagnoses is only 70% both at home and abroad, while the rate of successfully saving patients in an emergency treatment is also only 75%. Patients should not have too high expectations towards the result of their treatment. Third, because some patients, like the 'anonym' in the incident 'Cold-blooded Hospital', who delaied to pay or were unable to pay their treatment fees, have made hospitals run badly. They have dragged the hospitals into a dilemma -- if a hospital saved a patient who is unable to pay, who will save the hospital when the hospital is in its economic crisis? As a matter of fact, hospitals now are overloaded by the responsibilities which should be born by civil administrations or civil charities according to their functions.
(To be continued)
Thank you.
Resolution to resolve the tension between doctors and patients --
breaking monopoly and inputting multiple capitals
(1)
The tension between doctors and patients is one of the major puzzledoms of China's medical industry. It is a multilayer issue which has been popularly concerned by all circles of the society. The Jul.29, report, A Cold-blooded Hospital in Henan, by South Weekly, and another report, 'White Wolf' Instead Of 'White Angel', That Is What People Call A Doctor Nowadays, by China Youth Daily on Aug.3, along with other articles have made the issue a hot topic.
Firstly, facing a man at death's door who was called 'anonym', a hospital in Henan tried hard to save the man at the beginning, and then the hospital discarded the man and caused his death. In the incident, there is something wrong with some members of the hospital; the doctors concerned have blasphemed the ethic of their profession.Every one's life is unique with its irrepeatability and unsubstitutability.The right of survival is heaven-sent. Anyone, esp.a doctor should awe the sanctity of a life. The third item of China's Bylaws of Medical Organization Management explicitly stipulates that the tenet for a medical organization is to relieve the pain and save the lives of its patients and to serve people for their health.'Mercy','Kindheartedness', 'Humanitarianism' and 'To save a life wholeheartedly' are the heavenly laws for doctors, and is the bottom line of their profession. The term 'White Angel' which reflected a highly moral evaluation has now been darkened gradually by public opinions, even been faded up as "A wolf with white coat" (for short as "White Wolf"). Basically, that is because the doctors have passed the bottom line.
An organization should have its tenet and insist the tenet, regardless of being a profit organization or a nonprofit one. In the process of running its business, the organization should treat the tenet as its top rule when profiting collides with the tenet and when economy and ethic cannot be combined together.In other words,the foundation of the policy to deal with the colliding doesn't base on the rational calculation of the cost and profit, rather, it rests with the organization's credo and tenet. The commonweal quality that public health undertakings possess requires the commonweal quality of a hospital. A hospital cannot mainly target profiting. Even profit hospitals, including state-run and private hospitals, should carry out humanitarianism to relieve the pain of its patients and save their lives.
No ambiguity and waver be allowed on the tenet.
Rationally speaking, the troubles between doctors and patients now tend to increase. The troubles, except those caused by hospitals, are caused by the society and some patients. For example, some patients made troubles with no reason; yet some media which exaggerated some medical negligence cases fueled the tension. Among them, the doctors usually became a helplessly weak group. Many-several-time revised Bylaws of Dealing with a Medical Negligence demands doctors to produce evidence, while the bylaws -- the system that reverses the producing evidence for medical responsibilities -- obviously incline to the patient side. In fact, a patient, the patient's family and the society should give hospital and doctors some more tolerance and understanding, and should have some more scientific sense. First, the relationship between a doctor and its patient is not simply a relationship between a seller and its customer. but a relationship between buddies, and the common enemy of the buddies is diseases. In the tension and conflict between the two, there will be no winner. Second, medicine is a sophisticated speciality. There are some uncertainties in the process of treatment. All the time along the treatment, failure is possible. At present, it is accepted that the rate of exact diagnoses is only 70% both at home and abroad, while the rate of successfully saving patients in an emergency treatment is also only 75%. Patients should not have too high expectations towards the result of their treatment. Third, because some patients, like the 'anonym' in the incident 'Cold-blooded Hospital', who delaied to pay or were unable to pay their treatment fees, have made hospitals run badly. They have dragged the hospitals into a dilemma -- if a hospital saved a patient who is unable to pay, who will save the hospital when the hospital is in its economic crisis? As a matter of fact, hospitals now are overloaded by the responsibilities which should be born by civil administrations or civil charities according to their functions.
(To be continued)