Nammude Arogyam March 2018 | Page 89

icn¡pw t_m[hm\mIp ¶Xv. At±l¯nsâ {]tXyIX hmÀUpIfn eqsS Pq\nbÀ tUmÎÀamcp ambn " machine -generated diagnosis ' CÃmsX Xs¶ tcmKnIsf kv]Àin¨pw AhtcmSp kwhZn¨papÅ tcmK\nÀWb coXnIfmWv. " The Stanford 25 ' F¶v Adnbs¸Sp¶ Cu coXn Gsd {]ikvXamWv. tUmÎdpsS kÀKmß IX shdpw Hcp Hgnhp hnt\mZambn XpS§nbXÃ. Hcp kab¯p tPmen¯n c¡pw am\knI ]ncnapdp ¡hpw A[nIambt¸mÄ IOWA Writers Workshop C tNÀ¶v t\Snb kn²nbm Wv. My Own Coutnry : A Doctor's Story F¶ BZy t\mh Cu ]cnioe\ ¯n\p ap³]v FgpXnb XmsW¦nepw tUmÎÀ¡p \à {]ikvXn t\Sn s¡mSp¯p. FbvUvkv tcmKnIfpsS thZ\bpw bmX\bpw Ah tUmÎdn  Dïm¡nb amä§fpam Wv ]pkvXI¯nsâ {]tabw. Cu tcmKw {KmahmknIfn Dïm ¡p¶ amä§fpw Ahsb t\m¡n¡mWp¶ A] cnNnX\pw (]ctZin BbXpsImïv) kp]cn NnX\pw (tUmÎdmbXp sImïv) Bb HcmÄ¡v DïmIp¶ hyXykvX A\p`h§sfbpamWv ]pkvXIw ]cnNbs¸Sp ¯p¶Xv. Cu tcmKnIfpsS A\p `h§Ä tUmÎdpsS for me an evolving tension between two approaches to patients. In the first way - call it the traditional way - the body is the text, a text that is changing and must be frequently inspected, palpated, percussed, or auscultated. The other way - call it the expedient way -- is not formally taught and the residents seem to have learned it no matter where ... they trained. The patient is still at the center, but more as an icon for another entity clothed in binary garments: the "i-patient" .. The i-patient's blood counts and emanations aret raced and tended like a Dow Jones index, and pop-up flags remind caregivers to feed or bleed. tUmÎÀ F{_lmw hÀKoknsâ Cutting for Stone F¶ ]pkvXIamWv At± ls¯ {]ikvXcmb Fgp¯pImcpsS t{iWnbn  sImsï¯n¨Xv. lnt¸m{Iäoknsâ {]XnÚ ]dbp¶Xv : I will not use knife, not even for sufferers from stone, but will withdraw in favour of such men as are engaged in this work F¶mWv. Fgp¯n\p IqSpX km{µX \ÂIp¶Xmbn At±lw ]dbp¶pïv . "I don't think there are are enough physician - writers frankly. Given how many of us are privy to so many of these stories, it is interesting that theren't more of us mining this material." F{_ lmw hÀKokv The New England Journal of Medicine C FgpXnb Culture Shock - Patient as Icon , Icon as Patient F¶ teJ\w FÃmhcpw hmbn¨ncnt¡ïmXmWv . Ward experience highlighted ChnsS tÌm¬ F¶Xv {][m\ IYm]m{X§fpsS AÑsâ t]cv IqSn Bb t¸mÄ IqSpX DNnXambn Imcy§Ä. {]kh¯n Xs¶ "A½ acn¨p, AÑ \pw Dt]£n¨p t]mIp¶ cïp ktlmZc·mcpsS IY ]dbpIbmWv hÀKokv. Hcp " watchful outsider ' Bbn \n¶v sImïv Imcy§Ä t\m¡nImWp IbmWv tUmÎÀ ChnsS. Hcp kÀPsâ " cutting ' ssienbn BWv IY ]dbp¶Xv F¶ hnaÀi\w Dïmbncps¶¦n IqSn Cu ]pkvXIw Gsd {i² t\Sn. \½p-sS B-tcm-Kyw | amÀ¨v 2018 89