The relations between physicians and lawyers have deteriorated rapidly over the past several decades, most particularly since the early 70s when the perception that a medical malpractice crisis existed in America became widespread. Some believe that the factors dividing the two professions are linked (1) to professional jealousy, (2) to sometimes conflicting economic interests, or (3) to difficulties in communication, since both professions use many of the same words, or terms of art, but with different intended meanings. While the authors agree that these factors may have aggravated the problem, they believe that the conflict’s real roots are in the very different ways in which physicians and lawyers are trained and in the different epistemologies that each profession has accepted, as a result of which each reasons and solves problems in a manner that not only diverges from but sometimes contradicts the other’s. The authors conclude that only as the varying epistemologies begin to converge can physicians and lawyers begin to approach problems in more similar ways, and to discover the underlying compatibility of many of their interests and goals.

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医生和律师：科学、艺术和冲突

在过去的几十年里，医生和律师之间的关系迅速恶化，尤其是自 70 年代初以来，人们普遍认为美国存在医疗事故危机。一些人认为区分这两个职业的因素与 (1) 职业嫉妒有关，(2) 有时与经济利益冲突，或 (3) 与沟通困难有关，因为这两个职业使用许多相同的词或艺术术语，但具有不同的预期含义。虽然作者同意这些因素可能加剧了问题，但他们认为冲突的真正根源在于医生和律师的培训方式非常不同，以及每个职业接受的不同认识论，因此，每个人都以一种不仅不同，有时甚至相互矛盾的方式来解释和解决问题。作者得出结论，只有当不同的认识论开始趋同时，医生和律师才能开始以更相似的方式处理问题，并发现他们的许多兴趣和目标的潜在兼容性。