本书通过写女医生的情感、工作和生活，表现了不同历史时期医生和护士的世界观、人生观、价值观以及他们在社会转型时期里的沉浮，同时，各时期医疗体制、医疗保障体制和药品流通体制的表现形式与缺陷也展露出来。The book portrays the relationship, work and life of a female doctor, to represent the outlook on the world and life and values of doctors and nurses in different times and their vicissitudes in a time of social transformation, and at the same time expose the form and defects of institutions of medical care, medical security and drugs distribution.