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Viral Heroism: What the Rhetoric of Heroes in the COVID-19 Pandemic Tells Us About Medicine and Professional Identity
HEC Forum ( IF 1.200 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-07 , DOI: 10.1007/s10730-020-09434-4
Patrick D. Hopkins

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic the use of the term “hero” has been widespread. This is especially common in the context of healthcare workers and it is now unremarkable to see large banners on hospital exteriors that say “heroes work here”. There is more to be gleaned from the rhetoric of heroism than just awareness of public appreciation, however. Calling physicians and nurses heroes for treating sick people indicates something about the concept of medicine and medical professionals. In this essay, I will examine three aspects of the social role of medicine exposed by the language of heroism. One, if a hero is someone who goes above and the call of duty, then does that mean exposing oneself to risk of infection is no longer a duty of physicians (as it used to be)? If so, does that mean the “profession” of medicine is much like any other business? Two, physicians and nurses are not the only “heroes” this go-around. Anyone deemed essential to the US “infrastructure” is designated by the US government as having “special responsibilities” to remain at their posts for the public good, which explicitly puts physicians in the same category as sewage workers and grocery store cashiers. Three, what does it mean to belong to a profession that does (or does not) have self-sacrifice and risk-taking as part of its mission—especially a profession that rarely gets called upon to practice these obligations?



中文翻译:

病毒性英雄主义:COVID-19大流行中的英雄修辞告诉我们有关医学和职业认同的信息

在整个COVID-19大流行中,“英雄”一词的使用已得到广泛使用。这在医护人员的情况下尤为常见,现在在医院外部看到“英雄在这里工作”的大横幅已经不那么明显了。但是,英雄主义的言辞不仅有对公众欣赏的意识,还可以从中汲取更多的东西。打电话给医生和护士英雄来治疗病人,这说明了医学和医学专业人士的概念。在本文中,我将研究英雄主义语言所揭示的医学社会角色的三个方面。一个,如果英雄是超越职责和使命的人,那么这是否意味着使自己暴露于感染风险中不再像以前那样是医师的职责?如果是这样,这是否意味着医学的“专业”与任何其他业务很相似?第二,医生和护士并不是唯一的“英雄”。被美国政府认定为对美国“基础设施”至关重要的任何人,都负有“特殊责任”以留在公共利益岗位上,这明确地将医生与下水道工人和杂货店出纳员归为同一类。第三,属于(或没有)自我牺牲和冒险作为其使命的一部分的专业意味着什么—特别是很少被要求履行这些义务的专业?被美国政府认定为对美国“基础设施”至关重要的任何人,都负有“特殊责任”以留在公共利益岗位上,这明确地将医生与下水道工人和杂货店出纳员归为同一类。第三,属于(或没有)自我牺牲和冒险作为其使命的一部分的专业意味着什么—特别是很少被要求履行这些义务的专业?被美国政府认定为对美国“基础设施”至关重要的任何人,都负有“特殊责任”以留在公共利益岗位上,这明确地将医生与下水道工人和杂货店出纳员归为同一类。第三,属于(或没有)自我牺牲和冒险作为其使命的一部分的专业意味着什么—特别是很少被要求履行这些义务的专业?

更新日期:2021-03-14
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