- •1 Look at the statements. Which do you agree with? Which are the most important? Give your reasons.
- •2.A) Look at the words in the box and find the following.
- •2.B)Complete the sentences with some of the words in the box.
- •3. Look at these general issues about medicine and the medical profession. Talk about them in small groups.
- •Penicillin
- •Facts about malaria
- •World Swim against Malaria
- •Africa Malaria Day
- •4. Scan the texts again and find the following.
- •5. Are the statements about the information in the texts true or false?
- •6. Find words in 'Facts about malaria' which mean the following.
- •7. Look at these three ways of talking about an action in the future. Match them with the meanings below.
- •8. Which form is correct? Cross out the incorrect form. (In some cases, both are possible.)
- •The world's first partial face transplant
- •11. According to the article, which of the following will probably happen? Find the actual predictions in the text to support your answers.
- •16. Read the extract from the information leaflet. If you lived in St Lucia and had a low income, what facts might encourage you to have medical treatment at the Dowling Hospital?
- •Million-Dollar Grant for Dowling Hospital
- •18. Listen again and complete each prediction with words or phrases from the dialogue.
- •Other useful phrases
- •19. You are members of the hospital management. Work in small groups to discuss each option below for using the grant. Use the following criteria to guide your discussion.
- •20. In pairs, look at the suggestions for evaluating websites used for research. Discuss which you agree/disagree with and give reasons for each answer.
- •21. Listen to Part 2 of the lecture. Tick the points that the lecturer makes in this section of her talk.
- •22. Listen to Part 1 of a lecture on evaluating websites that you use for research. Answer the questions.
- •Report on Homeopathy
- •Introduction
HEALTH
1 Look at the statements. Which do you agree with? Which are the most important? Give your reasons.
A good doctor...
1 knows the names of all his/her patients.
2 listens sympathetically to people who are not really ill.
3 accepts alternative treatments such as hypnosis, acupuncture and aromatherapy.
4 tells people how to live a healthy life.
5 uses everyday language rather than medical terms in discussions with patients.
6 acts on instinct rather than using logical reasoning.
7 makes home visits in the evenings and/or at weekends.
8 recognises emergency cases immediately.
9 usually prescribes medication, for example, anti-depressant tablets.
10 treats the person rather than the disease.
2.A) Look at the words in the box and find the following.
1 six people who work in medicine
2 six treatments / types of drug
3 six medical conditions
Alzheimer's anaesthetist antibiotic arthritis cancer chest infection diabetes surgeon radiologist transplant heart disease injection midwife morphine painkiller pharmacist physiotherapy psychiatrist
2.B)Complete the sentences with some of the words in the box.
1 A doctor writes a prescription, but you need to take it to a _____to get the medicine.
2 After my operation, I had_____twice a week for three months until I could walk again.
3 They found an organ donor in time, so it looks like the_____will go ahead as planned.
4 People who suffer from_____need to take insulin or regulate their diets.
5 People with eating disorders, like anorexia and bulimia, are usually treated by a_____.
6 Some drugs are best given to patients by_____.
7 Often caused by poor diet,_____is the biggest killer in the western world.
X-rays
X-rays are images which are used to diagnose disease. They were discovered by Wilhelm Rontgen, a German scientist working in Munich, in 1895. He was working on a cathode ray tube* developed by one of his colleagues, when he noticed that it was projecting a green light on the wall. Strangely, the light was passing through some materials, including paper, wood and books. As he experimented by placing other materials in the way, he noticed that the outline of the bones in his hand was projected onto the wall. In the following weeks he continued to investigate the new rays, which he temporarily called X-rays. Two months later, he . published his paper 'On a new kind of X-rays', and in 1901 he was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics. Although the new rays would eventually be known as Rontgen rays, he always preferred the term X-rays. Today, Rontgen is considered the father of Diagnostic Radiology, a medical speciality using images to diagnose disease. Nowadays, radiologists can examine all areas of the body for different types of disease.
*A cathode ray tube is a piece of equipment which can produce an image on a screen, as in a television.
3. Look at these general issues about medicine and the medical profession. Talk about them in small groups.
1 Should people have to pay for health care?
2 Do you think nurses and midwives are paid enough in your country? Why/Why not?
3 Soon medical advances will allow people to live to a very old age. Is this desirable? Why /Why not?
4 Should new drugs be tested on both animals and humans before being prescribed by doctors?