Prior to residency, my exposure to infants was limited to holding newborns, so the neonatal intensive care unit was fascinating to me as a resident. The infants were medically complicated and academically interesting, but because of their fragile health, they were often on the brink of death. It was during my first encounter with a dying infant that I realized what a struggle it can be to maintain the balance between medical curiosity and the moral obligation to express empathy for all patients.

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平衡教育与同理心的一课

在居住之前，我的婴儿接触仅限于抱着新生儿，因此新生儿重症监护室对我来说非常着迷。这些婴儿在医学上很复杂，而且在学术上很有趣，但是由于他们的健康状况不佳，他们经常处于死亡的边缘。正是在我与一个垂死的婴儿的第一次接触中，我意识到要在医疗好奇心和道义上表达对所有患者的同情心之间保持平衡是多么艰巨的斗争。