Bespoke practice.
Bespoke practice.
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DOI:
10.1016/s0140-6736(16)32603-4
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发表时间:
2017
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Kneebone RL
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Kneebone RL
The willingness of Joshua’s customers to accept uncertainty is based on their confidence that he has the necessary knowledge and skill and that he is trustworthy. The suit itself is in a sense incidental to a professional relationship that is much more than a commercial transaction. Each garment is an expression of a human connection between tailor and customer and of a process that is collaborative and creative rather than imposed or prescribed. It is not just the suit that evolves through progressive fittings. The relationship evolves with it. To me as a doctor, this makes a lot of sense. Clinical practice is never a teapot factory but always contains uncertainty. I began to think that looking after patients has strong elements of bespoke, especially for those who have long-term chronic conditions such as asthma or diabetes with treatment extending over many years. As a general practitioner seeing a new patient, for example, I would start with a detailed history, trying to build a picture of my patient and their life. I would work with them to align their symptoms and the impact of their condition with my canonical knowledge of treatment and disease. Together we would develop a plan. Our progressive refinement of treatment through multiple consultations resembles a series of bespoke fittings. As with Joshua, the bedrock is a professional relationship of care based on trust and integrity, requiring continual adjustment as each patient develops and ages.This relationship contains many elements. For Joshua, these include a deep knowledge of style and design, of the aesthetics of his craft; expertise in managing human interaction; outstanding craftsmanship; mastery of the materiality of cloth and the techniques of working with it; and the ability to balance the needs of an individual customer with those of other customers and to run a system (his business) which assures his livelihood. As a clinician, I recognised these elements too. Knowledge in medicine is taken for granted—clinicians must master huge amounts of information. Expertise in managing human interaction is a hallmark of clinicians in any area of practice. Whatever their specialty, the ability to listen, observe, and respond to each patient as an individual is key. Fine motor skills are essential too, especially in the craft specialties such as surgery or interventional radiology. And all clinicians practise within a system shot through with conflicting demands, where the needs of the individual have be balanced within the constraints of a health-care system and where each patient’s expectations and experience of the system must be taken into account.