第三十四篇

Do Patients Trust Doctors Too Much?

　　Earlier this year, the American College of Surgeons, the national scientific and educational organization of surgeons, conducted a nationwide survey that found that the average patient devotes an hour or less to researching his or her surgery or less to researching his surgery or surgeon.

　　While prospective patients worry about the costs or complications of an operation, they dont necessarily look for information that would address their concerns.

　　In fact, more than a third of patients who had an operation in the last five years never reviewed the credentials of the surgeon who operated. Patients are more likely to spend time researching a job change or a new car than the operation they are about to submit to or the surgeon who wields the knife. And many patients are satisfied with the answers they receive from their surgeon or primary care doctor, whoever those individuals happen to me.

　　I felt curious about the survey, so I called Dr. Thomas Russell, executive director of the American College of Surgeons. There is a tendency for patients not to get particularly involved and not to feel compelled to look into their surgery or surgeons, he told me.

　　There are consequences to that kind of blind trust. Today, medicine and surgery are really team sports, Dr. Russell continued, and the patient, as the ultimate decision maker, is the most important member of the team. Mistakes can happiness and parents have to be educated and must understand what is going on.

　　In other words, a healthy doctor - patient relation dose not simply entail good bedside manners and responsible office management on the doctor. It also requires that patients come to the relationship educated about their doctors，their illness and their treatment.

　　If we are truly going to reform the health care system in the U.S., Dr.

　　Russell said, everybody has to participate actively and must educate themselves. That means doctors, nurses, other health care professional, lawyers,pharmaceutical companies, and insurance companies. But most of all, it means the patient.

　　Trust is important. But as Sir Francis Bacon1, who was among the first to understand the importance of gathering data in science, once observed,knowledge is power.

　　詞匯

　　Prospective adj. 預期的，將來的compel v. 強迫、迫使

　　Complication n. 并發癥entail v. 需要

　　Credential n. 資歷pharmaceutical adj. 制藥的

　　Wield v. 支配，控制

　　注釋

　　1. Sir Francis Bacon: 培根

　　練習

　　1. Patients do not seem to spend enough time

　　A researching job changes.

　　B researching new cars.

　　C researching their surgery or surgeons.

　　D researching the American College of Surgeons.

　　2. It appears that patients nowadays have

　　A little trust in their doctors

　　B too much trust in their doctors

　　C too much information about their doctors.

　　3. The most important role in medicine and surgery should be played

　　A by pharmaceutical and insurance companies.

　　B by doctors and nurses.

　　C by lawyers.

　　D by patients.

　　4. Its a mistaken idea that a healthy doctor-patient relationship

　　A is a goal that can be achieved.

　　B is what the patient desires.

　　C is dependent just on the doctor.

　　D also entails efforts made by the patient

　　5. The author does NOT believe in

　　A Francis Bacon.

　　B blind trust.

　　C scientific data.

　　D the power of knowledge.

　　答案與解析

　　1. C 從短文的第一、二段可以得知，病人用于查詢有關跳槽、新車等信息的時間大大超過查詢自己即將做手術以及給他們做手術的醫生的資質所用的時間。

　　2. B 從短文的題目以及各個段落中不難看出，現在的病人對于自己的醫生過于信任，他們說什么就信什么。

　　3. D 短文的第四段說，內科與外科治療都屬于團體項目，而病人作為診療過程中的最后決策者，在團隊中自然扮演最為重要的角色。

　　4. C 短文的第五段說，健康的醫患關系只靠醫生的努力是不夠的。病人必須了解自己的醫生、疾病和治療方案。

　　5. B 短文的最后一段說，信任是很重要的，但是知識就是力量。之前，在短文的第四段，作者提到了盲目信任是不可取的，可見，作者是不贊成盲目信任的。

　　第三十四篇

Do Patients Trust Doctors Too Much?

　　Earlier this year, the American College of Surgeons, the national scientific and educational organization of surgeons, conducted a nationwide survey that found that the average patient devotes an hour or less to researching his or her surgery or less to researching his surgery or surgeon.

　　While prospective patients worry about the costs or complications of an operation, they dont necessarily look for information that would address their concerns.

　　In fact, more than a third of patients who had an operation in the last five years never reviewed the credentials of the surgeon who operated. Patients are more likely to spend time researching a job change or a new car than the operation they are about to submit to or the surgeon who wields the knife. And many patients are satisfied with the answers they receive from their surgeon or primary care doctor, whoever those individuals happen to me.

　　I felt curious about the survey, so I called Dr. Thomas Russell, executive director of the American College of Surgeons. There is a tendency for patients not to get particularly involved and not to feel compelled to look into their surgery or surgeons, he told me.

　　There are consequences to that kind of blind trust. Today, medicine and surgery are really team sports, Dr. Russell continued, and the patient, as the ultimate decision maker, is the most important member of the team. Mistakes can happiness and parents have to be educated and must understand what is going on.

　　In other words, a healthy doctor - patient relation dose not simply entail good bedside manners and responsible office management on the doctor. It also requires that patients come to the relationship educated about their doctors，their illness and their treatment.

　　If we are truly going to reform the health care system in the U.S., Dr.

　　Russell said, everybody has to participate actively and must educate themselves. That means doctors, nurses, other health care professional, lawyers,pharmaceutical companies, and insurance companies. But most of all, it means the patient.

　　Trust is important. But as Sir Francis Bacon1, who was among the first to understand the importance of gathering data in science, once observed,knowledge is power.

　　詞匯

　　Prospective adj. 預期的，將來的compel v. 強迫、迫使

　　Complication n. 并發癥entail v. 需要

　　Credential n. 資歷pharmaceutical adj. 制藥的

　　Wield v. 支配，控制

　　注釋

　　1. Sir Francis Bacon: 培根

　　練習

　　1. Patients do not seem to spend enough time

　　A researching job changes.

　　B researching new cars.

　　C researching their surgery or surgeons.

　　D researching the American College of Surgeons.

　　2. It appears that patients nowadays have

　　A little trust in their doctors

　　B too much trust in their doctors

　　C too much information about their doctors.

　　3. The most important role in medicine and surgery should be played

　　A by pharmaceutical and insurance companies.

　　B by doctors and nurses.

　　C by lawyers.

　　D by patients.

　　4. Its a mistaken idea that a healthy doctor-patient relationship

　　A is a goal that can be achieved.

　　B is what the patient desires.

　　C is dependent just on the doctor.

　　D also entails efforts made by the patient

　　5. The author does NOT believe in

　　A Francis Bacon.

　　B blind trust.

　　C scientific data.

　　D the power of knowledge.

　　答案與解析

　　1. C 從短文的第一、二段可以得知，病人用于查詢有關跳槽、新車等信息的時間大大超過查詢自己即將做手術以及給他們做手術的醫生的資質所用的時間。

　　2. B 從短文的題目以及各個段落中不難看出，現在的病人對于自己的醫生過于信任，他們說什么就信什么。

　　3. D 短文的第四段說，內科與外科治療都屬于團體項目，而病人作為診療過程中的最后決策者，在團隊中自然扮演最為重要的角色。

　　4. C 短文的第五段說，健康的醫患關系只靠醫生的努力是不夠的。病人必須了解自己的醫生、疾病和治療方案。

　　5. B 短文的最后一段說，信任是很重要的，但是知識就是力量。之前，在短文的第四段，作者提到了盲目信任是不可取的，可見，作者是不贊成盲目信任的。