The Patient as Human - Fiduciary Redefined
Hoffman, W.W.
South Dakota Medicine the Journal of the South Dakota State Medical Association 72(6): 274-275
2019
ISSN/ISBN: 0038-3317 PMID: 31461234 Document Number: 697948
Trust in American culture is under siege being pulled up from the roots by impermanence, distance and animus. Trust in medicine will shrivel in similar ways unless rooted in the intrinsic worth of the human as foundation and as manifested by the intrinsic nature of the human as kindness. The sacred trust of the patient redefines "fiduciary" as advocacy, which inspires trust by standing in behalf of the beneficiary with kindness. We must re-plant healthcare in the patient as human - or reap the withering of our industry.