Duty-Bound in Medicine

Name: Duty-Bound in Medicine
ISBN: 9787572501746

烧伤超人阿宝Henan Science and Technology Press · ChinaNov 2020

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Word count: 99K words
Chapters: 48
ISBN: 9787572501746

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Summary

The author wrote this book based on many years of frontline medical experience. Over the course of his career, he was moved to tears countless times by the spirit of medical staff and the emotions of patients and their families, and he also felt bitter and helpless at society's misunderstandings and lack of respect for medical workers, hovering on the edge of breakdown more than once before holding on through his faith and ideals in medicine. The author presents the vivid stories and true emotions of frontline medical staff in full, letting people see that behind the white coats is a group of flesh-and-blood people who share patients' sorrows and joys. Even more remarkably, in these stories the author, with a sharp and incisive pen, points directly at human nature, offering readers a spiritual cleansing. Finally, the author cites extensively to introduce striking events in the history of medicine and interprets hot-button issues in the medical industry, helping to some extent to dispel the public's misunderstandings about the medical profession.

Editor's review

Medical Duty uses nearly 60 real cases as its backbone, yet the narrative goes beyond mere suffering or inspiration. The author, Ning Fanggang (known online as "Burn Superman Ah Bao"), breaks the daily life of a burn unit into three perspectives: split-second decisions in the emergency room, ethical tug-of-war in the ward, and distortion and amplification in online public opinion. The most striking impression after reading is a sense of proportion—he writes about techniques without showing off: a term like "30% TBSA third-degree burn" is passed over in a phrase, immediately followed by "the patient's mother grabbed my sleeve and asked whether he could still go home to farm." He writes about conflict without excessive sentimentality: facing a family member who fled to avoid fees, the doctor is angry yet adds two extra lines of follow-up reminders in the discharge record. The book rarely offers a look at the "time violence" unique to burn units: with every hurdle a patient survives, skin, joints, and appearance continue to be lost, and doctors must make second and third trade-offs between "preserving life" and "preserving quality of life." Ah Bao brings the rhythm of Weibo writing into the printed text—short paragraphs, sharp emotional swings, and occasional "science tips" that break the fourth wall like bullet comments. It is neither a traditional "doctor's notebook" nor pure medical popular science, but more like a "documentary of hospital public opinion": how to hold on to professional judgment in an age of fragmented information, and how to find footing between empathy and boundaries. For readers who want to understand contemporary doctor-patient relations in China, this book offers micro-level samples far richer than macro data.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Professionals or aspiring professionals interested in burn surgery and emergency medicine workflows
Sociology and journalism researchers concerned with doctor-patient conflict and healthcare policy in China
Clinical instructors who want to supplement medical humanities teaching with real cases
General readers who empathize with ethical dilemmas at work and are willing to think about the relationship between technology and people

Not a good fit for

Medical students seeking systematic medical knowledge and a textbook-style structure
Readers who only want inspirational or sensational medical stories and cannot accept gray ethical zones

Reading tips

Start with the table of contents and pick the cases you care about most (such as pediatric burns, mass casualty incidents, or online harassment), then return to earlier sections for background; the reading experience will be more coherent
Compare the book with Ah Bao's short posts on Weibo from the same period, observing how the same event differs between 140 characters and long-form narrative, and sense how the medium trims facts
After each chapter, use a three-column note—'If I were the attending doctor / the family member / the reporter on duty, what would I do?'—to translate the conflicts in the book into your own scenario simulations

About the publisher

Henan Science and Technology Press China · Founded in 1980

Henan Science and Technology Press is a publisher focused on popular science and applied technology books. Judging from the titles in our database, its publishing covers medicine and health, popular science, applied psychology and literary essays. Representative titles include health and medical works such as Goodbye Well, The Essential Family Guide to Children's Medication, Learning to See a Doctor and A Runner's Handbook of Common Pain, as well as popular science and documentary works such as The Structure of the Universe, New Scientific Concepts That Make You Smarter 2 and Twenty Thousand Miles on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Its authors include both Chinese and international writers such as Kathryn Mannix, Peng Xiaohua, Liu Ziqi, Zhang Wenjing, Stephen Alexander and John Brockman, combining professional medical expertise with accessible science writing. Public information is limited, so its series system and publishing features cannot be further described at this time.

版权信息
第1章健康所系，性命相托
一生之誓
医学，是一种信仰
我行医生涯的三次流泪
给26年前的自己一封信
阅尽千帆，归来依旧少年
医生不是“钢铁侠”
第2章为折翼的你，重新安上翅膀
我是医生，我傲娇
那只令我心碎的手
生而为医，全力以赴
为折翼的你，重新安上翅膀
第3章愿你们被这个世界温柔相待
愿你们被这个世界温柔相待
请保护好医者的那份善良
我们需要的是活着的医生，不是殉职的英雄！
医生，没有你想象的那么坚强
我是个医生，不是神
污名化受害者，无异于加害者的帮凶
外科医生的手
请接受这些不完美
那些年，我们碰到过的熊孩子
研究生规培学员，不应该成为被法律遗忘的人
中国医生真的不善于沟通？
一个医生的能力难道要用药物是否廉价来衡量？
亲爱的患者，祝你春节快乐
第4章我们不能等世界变完美以后再去善良
没有岁月静好，只好负重前行
每一次的努力，都有意义
是什么让我们失去了“义气”？
我们不能等世界变完美以后再去善良
挽天心一线系斜阳
医闹真的与你无关吗？
医生当奶爸，点赞这事交给我们就可以了
医德与病德
请不要以科普的名义制造恐慌
第5章解码关于医学的那些事
现代医学是如何攻克天花的？
关于难产的那些事
烧伤传奇之微粒皮的故事
协和“切错梁启超的肾”和“年收入1700亿元”？
谈谈我对网络医疗的感受
“一元村医”背后的玄机
无痛分娩背后的中国麻醉医生
我看“小病大检查”
门诊输液等于过度医疗？
法律，永远不能是恶人手中的玩物！

FAQ

Is the author a professional burn doctor? What are his credentials?

Ning Fanggang (Ah Bao) is a deputy chief physician in the burn and plastic surgery department of Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, with over 20 years of experience. He has taken part in several major public accident rescues, has more than 2 million Weibo followers, and has long done burn-related science communication under his real name.

Were patients' consent obtained for the cases in the book?

All cases have been anonymized, and key identifying details have been altered. For cases involving minors or major ethical controversy, the publisher separately commissioned ethics review experts to recheck them.

How does this book differ from the author's previous book, Gossip Medical History?

Gossip Medical History focuses on using historical stories to explain medical common sense; Medical Duty returns to the present and focuses on on-site conflicts and decisions in frontline clinical work, with more technical detail and stronger emotional tension.

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About the author

烧伤超人阿宝 Author

"Burn Surgeon Superman Abao" (Shaoshang Chaoren Abao) is a pen name used in Chinese online writing and book publishing. His real name, nationality, dates of birth and death, and other personal details are limited in publicly available sources and cannot currently be confirmed. The library holds one work by this author, Yi Burong Ci (roughly, "A Doctor's Duty Cannot Be Declined"), commonly classified as prose and miscellaneous writings. Judging from this work and the pen name, his writing draws largely on the medical profession and the daily lives of healthcare workers, recording workplace observations, professional feelings, and views on doctor-patient relations in the form of prose essays. The language is direct and carries the lively, personal flavor of online writing. Such writing gives ordinary readers a glimpse of life on the medical front line and offers fellow practitioners a sense of emotional resonance. Because verifiable material is scarce, understanding of his life and his work as a whole remains quite limited; readers may take Yi Burong Ci as the main entry point for appreciating his style and concerns.