Sawubona reprise: reflections on the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons Presidential Address 2022

[摘要] On the 20th June 2022 I had the privilege of a lifetime to deliver the Presidential Address at the 30th ESTS Annual Meeting (1). Despite it took me nearly two years to conceive and prepare the talk, I never had any doubt on the choice of the topic because this represents very well the core of our profession: connecting with the suffering person in front of us and trying to help them navigating through their most vulnerable time in life.

[学科分类] 呼吸医学

[关键词] Empathy;connection;vulnerability;patients;thoracic surgery;lung cancer