阅读阅读教程第四册_课件_Unit_4

• Title: what the narrator has done led to the death of a patient which is deemed as a crime by the public who hold the traditional morality. But the motivation of so-called “crime” comes from the narrator‟s compassion for the patient. “Compassion”, a kind-hearted and good-natured affection, contradicts with “crime”, an evil behavior. The contrast arouses the interest of the readers. • Para.4 • “Otherwise, he felt great.” • He had nothing wrong but some coughing.
• Cons: • The doctor may make mistakes in diagnosis and treatment. • A doctor is obliged to treat his patients' pain to the best of his ability. • Practicing euthanasia prevents the development of new cures. • Suffering and pain can't be treated by ending them through death. • Reasonable medical help must be sought to cure or at least slow down the terminal disease. • Abuse might arise.
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Reading 1
• Do Not Resuscitate or a No Code Order
• In a hospital, an order to withhold resuscitation is commonly called “no code." Only a doctor can write an order for a patient to be “no code." If you or your loved one are in the hospital and you haven‟t been asked your preference for resuscitation, be sure to bring this up with the doctor. If your wish is to not be resuscitated, inform the doctor and nurses about this. Each state has its own procedure for instituting a no code order, and there may be forms you need to sign.
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Para.5 “without ever giving death a thought.” None of us had ever thought that Mac would die. Para.6 “When Mac had wasted away to a sixty-pound skeleton kept alive by liquid food we poured down a tube, I.V. solutions we dripped into his veins, and oxygen we piped to a mask on his face, he begged us: „Mercy… for God‟s sake, please just let me go.” • Suffering the disease, Mac was much weaker than before who cannot live without the instruments or medical substances. The treatment itself is a torture also. Mac could not bear the agony anymore and pleaded for death.
Life or Death (Euthanasia)
Unitபைடு நூலகம்4
Background
• The word "euthanasia" originated from the Greek word "euthanatos": eu means "good" and thanatos means "death." Now it refers to mercy killing, or intentionally ending the life someone who is hopelessly sick or injured in order to them from suffering. Euthanasia is a complex issue with many underlying theological, sociological, religious, and moral aspects. It is heavily debatedaround the world, with strong arguments made for both sides of the issue.
Interpretation of the quotations
• It is not the death of the body but the death of one’s will and spirit that is of the greatest loss in life. What is most tragic is to exist without dignity and sensitivity. If we can help a terminal patient to end his thorough physical torture and his life in a proper way or in proper time, we actually give him something as good as medicine and also show our love for and care to him. The minute we are conceived in our mother’s womb, we are involved in a battle that we have to fight by ourselves. The result of the battle is certain: we must die some day very often by ourselves just as we are born alone.
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• Voluntary euthanasia • Euthanasia conducted with the consent of the patient is termed voluntary euthanasia. Voluntary euthanasia is legal in Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. When the patient brings about his or her own death with the assistance of a physician, the term assisted suicide is often used instead. • Non-voluntary euthanasia • Euthanasia conducted where the consent of the patient is unavailable is termed non-voluntary euthanasia. Examples include child euthanasia, which is illegal worldwide but decriminalised under certain specific circumstances in the Netherlands under the Groningen Protocol. • Involuntary euthanasia • Euthanasia conducted against the will of the patient is termed involuntary euthanasia.
Legal Status
Reasons for and against euthanasia:
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Pros: Be a burden to his family and to society Each person has autonomy over his own life Terminally ill patients have the right to decide to commit suicide and seek assistance if necessary. • The terminally ill suffer pain that can hardly be comprehended by those who have not experienced it. • The departing person is taking full responsibility for the action • What' s the point of allowing someone a few more months or days or hours of so-called life when death is inevitable?
• 1. What was Mac like when he was first admitted into the hospital? • 2. What was the relationship like between the nurse (the narrator) and Mac‟s family? • 3. How does the narrator describe Mac after he was in hospital for six months? • 4. What did the “code blue” team do to Mac? Why did the nurse say that every night she pray for that Mac would die? • 5. What is a no-code order? What are the consequences if a nurse fails to push the button for the code blue team without the no-code order? • 6. What is the idea that the author wanted to express through the rhetorical questions in para.11?