What things about Mrs. Osorio’s conditions run through the author’s mind? (Pre. 3)
• Good Things
• Blood tests done • Glucose a little better • Her blood pressure good but not great
What are the reasons why doctors kept awake at night? Are they the reasons of their neuron overload? • What is the use(Pre. of the6) numbers? Use these numbers
• Justify “the realization that world health is indivisible”.(Pre. 4) • Attention to the health conditions of the globe before satisfying OUR most parochial (地方范围的) needs • Meaninglessness of borders to pathogenic (致病的) microbes • With 24 hours of time, from a crowded marketplace in Kikwit, Zaire to a New York City subway
Are those proposed solutions, like computer-generated reminders, case managers, ancillary services, capable of solving the author’s problem of overload? (Pre. 7)
Exemplify the statement that “Every returning…”(pre.5)
• Examples (1) • TB
• Prisons and homeless shelters as ideal venues for TB spread • Development of drug-resistant strains or even multi-drug-resistant strain • A ride on the HIV wagon by attacking the immunocompromised (免疫功能不全的)
• Elaborate on the joined battle.(Pre. 3) • WHO: establishment of a new division devoted worldwide surveillance and control of emerging disease in Oct. 1995 • CDC: launching prevention strategy in 1994 • Congress: raising fund from $6.7 million in 1995 to $26 million for 1997
How can you compare multitasking in human beings and computers? (pre.5) • See (Paras. 7-8)
How? • Multitasking originated in computer science.
• Microprocessors in fact linear, actually perform only one task at a time. • Multitasking seems just as an illusion both in computer and humans. • At best, Man juggles only a handful of thoughts in this manner • The more thoughts we juggle, the less we are able to attune fully to any given thought. • So can we say multitasking is a recipe for disaster?
The first question has something to do with…or not?
• People’s inad源自quate consciousness about the consequence of neglecting the emerging and reemerging infectious diseases. • Unjustifiability of people’s complacency about the prevention and control of the infectious diseases. • Unfinished war against infectious disease. • Above all, something to do with money (budget).
Review
For 2015 students
Just for reference
Unit 1 Text A
• Do you agree that it is sheer neuron overload on the doctor side that leads to the complaint that doctors don’t listen? (Pre. 1)
• Bad Things • Her weight a little up • Her bones a little thin on the DEXA
• Do you agree that Paragraph 4 just illustrates that one stray request from Mrs. Osorio sends the delicately balanced three-ring circus tumbling down? (Pre. 4)
• Neuron overload • Patients’ high expectations • Mistrust and misunderstanding between the patients and physician
• Please list Mrs. Osorio’s condition(Pre. 2)
• Explain the last sentence of this paragraph. (page 5)
Unit 2 Text A
• What does the author imply by mentioning two choices? (para.1, Pre. 1) • What followed ever since the heady days of victory declarations? (para.4, Pre. 2) • What does the joined battle refer to? And elaborate on it. (paras.5-12, pre.3)
The key is in para.4
• The author was in 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 pretend to pay attention to the patients while completing documentation • Complaints that doctors don’t listen might have other reasons than just doctors’ neuron overload
to justify that it is the juggling mind that keeps doctors awake at night. (pre.6)
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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 5 residents under the author’s supervision 4 patients seen by each residents 10 thoughts, at least, generated by each patients 5 X 4 X 10 = 200 350 + 200 = 550 thoughts to be handled in total If the doctor does a good job juggling 98% of the time, that still leaves ten thoughts that might get lost in the process.