学术英语(医学)课后问题答案

Unit1

1、Some factors that may lead to the complaint:

·Neuron overload

·Patients* high expectations

·Mistrust and misunderstanding between the patient and the doctor

2、Mrs. Osorio’s condition:

·A 56-year-old woman

·Somewhat overweight

·Reasonably well-controlled diabetes and hypertension

·Cholesterol on the high side without any medications for it

·Not enough exercises she should take

·Her bones a little thin on her last DEXA scan

3、Good things:

·Blood tests done

·Glucose a little better

·Her blood pressure a little better but not so great Bad things:

·Cholesterol not so great

·Her weight a little up

·Her bones a little thin on her last DEXA scan 4

4、The situation:

·The author was in a moderate state of panic: juggling so many thoughts about Mrs.

Osorio’s conditions and trying to resolve them all before the clock ran down.

·Mrs. Osorio made a trivial request, not so important as compared to her conditions.

·Mrs. Osorio seemed to care only about her “innocent —and completely justified —request”：the form signed by her doctor.

·The doctor tried to or at least pretended to pay attention to the patient while completing documentation.

5、Similarities:

·In computer multitasking, a microprocessor actually performs only one task at a time. Like microprocessors, we human beings carft actually concentrate on two thoughts at the same exact time. Multitasking is just an illusion both in computers and human beings.

Differences:

·The concept of multitasking originated in computer science.

·At best, human beings can juggle only a handful of thoughts in a multitasking manner, but computers can do much better.

·The more thoughts human beings juggle, the less human beings are able to attune fully to any given thought, but computers can do much better.

6、

·7 medical issues to consider

·5 separate thoughts, at least, for each issue

·7 x 5 = 35 thoughts

·10 patients that afternoon

·35 x 10 = 350 thoughts

·5 residents under the authors supervision

·4 patients seen by each resident

·10 thoughts, at least, generated from each patient

·5 x 4 x 10 = anther 200 thoughts

·350 + 200 = 550 thoughts to be handled in total

·If the doctor does a good job juggling 98% of the time, that still leaves about 10 thoughts that might get lost in the process.

7、Possible solutions:

·Computer-generated reminders

·Case managers

·Ancillary services

·The simplest solution: time

Unit2

1、The author implies:

Peoples inadequate consciousness about the consequence of neglecting the re- emerging infectious diseases

·Unjustifiability of peoples complacency about the prevention and control of the infectious diseases

·Unfinished war against infectious diseases

2、Victory declarations:

·Surgeon General William Stewart's hyperbolic statement of closing “the book on infectious disease”.