2014職稱英語答案  | 職稱英語報考條件  |2015環球職稱英語簽約保過套餐　

      2014年職稱英語成績查詢|曬分領獎|有獎征文|合格標準

       2015年職稱英語衛生類A級閱讀復習

　　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 surgeon. While prospective patients worry about the costs or complications of an operation, they don’t 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 (on average, about 10 hours) or a new car (8 hours) 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 be.

　　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 probably 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 happen, and patients have to be educated and must understand what is going on.”

　　In other words, a healthy doctor-patient relationship does not simply entail good bedside manners and responsible office management on the part of the doctor. It also requires that patients come to the relationship educated about their doctors, their illnesses 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 professionals, lawyers, pharmaceutical companies, and insurance companies. But most of all, it means the patient.”

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

　　病人太信任醫生?

　　今年早些時候，作為國家級外科醫生的科學及教育機構的美國外科醫生學會進行了一次全國普查調查發現病人用于咨詢自己的手術或是外科醫生的時間平均不到一個小時。盡管即將成為病人的人們擔心手術的費用或是手術引起的并發癥，但他們卻不會查詢那些可能為他們解決問題的信息。

　　事實上，過去五年來超過三分之一的做過手術的病人從未審核過主刀醫生的資格憑證。病人更愿意花時間尋找跳槽的機會(平均為10小時)或是查詢一輛新車(8小時)，也不會查詢要做的手術或是主刀醫生的信息。無論主刀醫生和初級護理的醫生是誰，許多病人都對他們給出的答案感到滿意。

　　對這一調查結果我感到很好奇，于是打電話給美國外科醫生學會的執行理事托馬斯?羅素博士。“病人通常不傾向于參與其中，也不感到必須要詢問手術或是醫生”，他這樣告訴我。

　　這樣的盲目信任是要付出代價的。“現在，內科與外科治療都屬于團隊行為”，羅素博士接著說道“而病人作為最終的決策者是這個團隊最重要的成員。錯誤時有發生，病人必須知情，必須了解事情的進展。”

　　換言之，健康的醫患關系不是簡單需要醫生單方面的精心照顧和負責任的事務管理，同時需要病人了解自己的醫生、疾病和治療方案。

　　“如果我們真的要改革美國的醫療保險制度”，羅素博士說，“每個人都必須積極地參與進來，進行自我教育，包括醫生、護士、其他醫保專業人士、律師、制藥公司和保險公司，但最重要的是病人自身。”