MEDICAL ETHOS IN THE FIELD OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS

Abstract

The main idea of this article was to present the most
 popular verbal metaphors (service, calling, art) used to
 describe medical ethos in common language and to see
 what impact they have on everyday clinical practice.
 Metaphorical ethos of a physician is defined, and then
 confronted with the reality of organization of medical
 assistance. We regard the area of interpersonal relations
 with the patient as a main field of realization of postulates
 of professional ethics (both metaphorical and those
 common-use postulates and codified as Codex of
 Medical Ethics). Also we regard the phenomenon of reification
 as one of the main impediments on a way of realization
 of medical ethos in an everyday work of a physician.
 In the article we conclude that even metaphorically
 formulated professional ethos has a substantial influence
 on medical practice and therapy effectiveness, and therefore
 can’t be underestimated, when we are determining
 standards of professional responsibility.