medicine名词 Listening is powerful medicine 倾听是良药

Listening is powerful medicine 倾听是良药  

倾听是良药，它能治愈心灵的创伤。当我是一名医生时，我问我的病人我能为她做些什么，她朝我笑笑说，只要你听完我的故事。而今我也坐上轮椅，我告诉我的学生，不要打断病人的倾诉，坐在牀边听他们把话说完吧，因为这对病人的帮助胜过任何昂贵的药物。

I believe listening is powerful Medicine.
Studies have shown it takes a physician about 18 seconds to interrupt a patient after he begins talking.
It was Sunday. I had one last patient to see. I approached her room in a hurry and stood at the doorway. She was an older woman
sitting at the edge of the bed
struggling to put socks on her swollen feet. I crossed the threshold
spoke quickly to the nurse
scanned her chart noting she was in stable condition. I was almost in the clear.
I leaned on the bedrail looking down at her. She asked if I could help put on her socks. Instead
I launched into a monologue that went something like this: "How are you feeling? Your sugars and blood pressure were high but they're better today. The nurse mentioned you're anxious to see your son who's visiting you today. It's nice to have family visit from far away. I bet you really look forward to seeing him."
She stopped me with a stern
authoritative voice. "Sit down
doctor. This is my story
not your story."
I was surprised and embarrassed. I sat down. I helped her with the socks. She began to tell me that her only son lived around the corner from her
but she had not seen him in five Years. She believed that the stress of this contributed greatly to her health problems. After hearing her story and putting on her socks
I asked if there was anything else I could do for her. She shook her head no and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to listen.
Each story is different. Some are detailed; others are vague. Some have a beginning
middle and end. Others wander without a clear conclusion. Some are true; others not. Yet all those things do not really matter. What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard — without interruption
assumption or judgment.
Listening to someone's story costs less than expensive diagnostic testing but is key to healing and diagnosis.
I often thought of what that woman taught me
and I reminded myself of the importance of stopping
sitting down and truly listening. And
not long after
in an unexpected ist
I became the patient
with a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis at age 31. Now
20 years later
I sit all the time — in a wheelchair.
For as long as I could
I continued to see patients from my chair
but I had to resign when my hands were affected. I still teach med students and other health care professionals
but now from the perspective of physician and patient.
I tell them I believe in the power of listening. I tell them I know firsthand that immeasurable healing takes place within me when someone stops
sits down and listens to my story.