1、新编临床医学英语第1期:病患的问题与诉求Unit 1 Text A Internal Medicine and Today's Internist第1单元文章A 内科与内科医生Questions/Pleas of the Patient病患的问题与诉求How can I find a good doctor?"我如何找到一位良医？How can I find a good doctor whom I can afford?"如何能够碰到一位价格亲民的医生？How can I find a good doctor who care
2、s about me as a person?〃又如何能够遇见一位把我当成“人”看待的医生？How can I find a good doctor who will take the time to listen and understand?"如何找到一位能够花时间倾听我的诉说，了解我的名医？People who need medical care ask these questions throughout the world every day.每天，全球有许多病患都在询问这些问题。They ask them becau
3、se they face a health care system that is scientifically complex,organizationally overloaded, and generally not oriented to the patient as a person.他们之所以问这些问题，是因为他们所面对的医疗保健体系技术深奥、机构臃肿，而且一般都没有意识到病人首先是一个“人”。When an individual first becomes ill, regardless of the sympto
4、ms, he or she needs mostsomeone who seems to say,如果有人生了病，不管症状如何，他们最希望听到的是："I am a good doctor；I charge a reasonable amount for my services；I care about you，thepatient and I will take the time to listen and understand."“我是医生；我只收取亲民价格，我关心病患，我将倾听你的诉求，理解你。”A prominent te
5、acher/physician in a major medical center taught his students to listen to thepatient and he will tell you what is wrong, and he will tell you what he needs".主要医疗中心的知名学者/内科医生都会教授学生要学会倾听，病人会告诉你哪里不舒服，也将会告诉你他们的需求。Having found a physician who answers so profoundly to the
6、ir needs, some patients areextremely grateful but most are utterly overwhelmed.有些内科医生完全满足了病患的需求，有些患者表现出了极大的感激之情，但是绝大部分都激动不已。With the discovery of that relationship, the difference between a superb technician and a truephysician really becomes evident to the patient.有
7、了这层关系之后，专业技师和内科医生的区别在病患面前展露无遗。That physician/teacher was a scholarly gentleman with deep scientific insight and an activeand stimulating clinical and research practice.内科医生/教授都是学术人才，他们对学科有着科学的深刻见解，并活跃在临床和研究领域中。Unfortunately he developed crippling rheumatoid arthritis
8、 in the midst of his career.但是，他们在工作期间不幸患上了风湿性关节炎。Beyond question, his own disease sensitized him to the complex mix of expectation
