When physicians embrace poetry 行医如诗

夏伟明

诗歌不只是文人墨客的专属，它还为救死扶伤的医护人员带来内心的慰藉。它是医护工作中的润滑剂，是治愈伤痛的良药。

Sam is a fourth?year student at Harvard Medical School， but poetry is still a big part of his life， now with a new teacher， Rafael Campo， who believes poetry can benefit every doctors education and work. Rafael is a physician， professor and a highly respected poet.

“Poetry is always with my patients. I think healing is really in a very great way about poetry.

And if we do anything when were with our patients， were really immersing（沉浸在） ourselves in their stories， really hearing their voices. And， certainly， thats what a poem does，” he said.

Rafael worries that something important has been lost in medicine and medical education today—humanity， which he finds in poetry. To end that， he leads a weekly reading and writing workshop for medical students and residents （住院医生）.

He thinks medical training focuses too much on distancing the doctor from his or her patients， and poems can help close that gap.

Third?year resident Andrea Schwartz was one of the workshop regulars. She said， “I think theres no other profession other than medicine that produces as many writers as it does. And I think that is because theres just so much power in doctors and patients interacting when patients are the saddest.” Not everyone believes thats what doctors should do， though.

Rafael said， “I was afraid of how people might judge me， actually. In the medical profession， as many people know， we must always put the emergency first. But， you know， that kind of treatment， if its happening in the hospital， very regrettably and sadly， results in a bad outcome. The family is sitting by the bedside. The patient hasnt survived the cancer. Dont we still have a role as healers there？”

In a poem titled Health， Rafael writes about the wish to live forever in a world made painless by our incurable joy. He says he will continue teaching students， helping patients and writing poems， his own brand of medicine.

[Reading][Check]

1. What do we know about Rafael Campo？

A. He works as a doctor.

B. He is under medical care.

C. He is a literature professor.

D. He knows little about poetry.

2. What does the author try to show in paragraph 2？

A. The importance of medical training.

B. The effect of poetry on medical treatment.

C. The similarity involved in poetry and medical work.

D. The present relationship between patients and doctors.

3. What does Andrea Schwartz think of poetry？

A. It comforts patients family.

B. It contributes to medical work.

C. It has nothing to do with doctors.

D. It keeps doctors away from patients.

4. What is Rafael Campos view on poetry？

A. It requires a lot of spare time.

B. It can provide a useful tool for doctors.

C. It has little effect on patients conditions.

D. It should be included in emergency treatment.

[Language][Study]

Difficult sentence

Rafael worries that something important has been lost in medicine and medical education today—humanity， which he finds in poetry. 拉斐爾担心，如今医学和医学教育失去了某样重要的东西——人性，他在诗歌中找到了人性。

【点石成金】本句中的that引导的是一个宾语从句，主句谓语为worries;which引导的是一个非限制性定语从句，先行词为humanity。