A consideration of the qualities of a 'good' doctor with some help from the humanities.

摘要

It is a reasonable generalisation that most doctors aim to be skilled in the practice of medicine; they try to be 'good' doctors. Also, despite frequent news stories illustrating the shortcoming of doctors, surveys show that contemporary society holds the medical profession in high regard;1 doctors are generally considered to be 'good' people despite obvious exceptions such as Dr Harold Shipman.