Doctors have a deep-rooted sense of professional identity ‘the medical self’. This allows them to do the jobs society expects from them, but also acts as a barrier when seeking care when unwell. This article discusses how the medical self is formed drawing on psychoanalytic, anthropological and psychiatric literature.

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医生的身份和身体不适时寻求护理的障碍

医生有一种根深蒂固的职业认同感“医学自我”。这使他们能够从事社会期望他们从事的工作，但在身体不适时寻求护理时也会成为障碍。本文讨论了医学自我是如何在精神分析、人类学和精神病学文献中形成的。