The Role of Generosity in Medicine

Dr. Enright reiterated Lévinas’ warning that generosity is always menaced by the inhuman necessities of politics and economics, which render generosity both precious and fragile. When medical caregivers start to think of themselves in a host-guest relationship rather than in one of patients and clinicians or consumers and suppliers, they will become more capable of extending themselves to practice generosity toward their patients.

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