学术英语(医学)课后问题答案.docx

Unit1
1、Some factors that may lead to plaint:
·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 pared to her conditions.
·Mrs. Osorio seemed to care only about her “innocent — pletely justified —request”: the form signed by her doctor.
·The doctor tried to or at least pretended to pay attention to the patient pleting documentation.
5、Similarities:
·puter 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 puters and human beings.
Differences:
·The concept of multitasking originated puter science.
·At best, human beings can juggle only a handful of thoughts in a multitasking manner, puters can do much better.
·The more thoughts human beings juggle, the less human beings are able to attune fully to any given thought, puters 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 le