Being physician: a perspective based on a holistic approach

Abstract

Introduction: the cultural conception of professions, are likely changing with the passage of time and their idiosyncrasy. It is problematic to rely blindly the Hippocratic oath in the contemporary age, where, both physicicans and patients have become intermediaries of the healthcare market. The scientifc update must be performed in conjunction with specifc bioethical premises with a deep awareness on current medical practice. Objective: to persuade Colombian physicians, as philosophical being, to recognize this age requires him or her to be a physician whose practice follow a holistic approach. Development: the Colombian clinician should get an idea of the professional context full of immediacy, which leave behind the obvious reason because the economic interest sacrifced equity and solidarity. Physicians have to work within the questionable benefts of the system and exercise maximum professionalism, being resourceful without sacrifcing their bioethical principles and medical correct practice in favor of controlling the patient’s illness. For this, it is vitally important to update and understand bioethical precepts like the principle of sufcient reason, Occam’s razor, and abductive reasoning. Conclusions: it is necessary that Colombian physicians, acknowledged and engage within the profession and vocation in a holistic way taking into account the requirements of the system, the patient’s needs and their own commitment to this through abductive, human and philosophical diagnosis thought. (MÉD.UIS.2013;26(2):75-9).