Reaction Article # 12
According to Some Hidden Choices in Breast Reconstruction, breast reconstruction is a surgery to rebuild a breast’s shape. For those women who get breast cancer undergoing mastectomies, the plastic surgeon perform the operation offering a result that looks like a breast can be a first step to establish their self-confidence. However, many reconstruction patients didn’t be informed by their doctor that there are some promising new operations they can choose for breast reconstruction. The doctors didn’t tell the patients about the new information because not all surgeons have trained to performed the procedures and the complicated surgeries are less profitable for doctors and hospitals.
Unfortunately, that kind of condition also existed in Taiwan. A lot of doctors don’t perform the new or complicated procedures for their patients. Besides the two factors mentioned above, another reasons are time and legal problems: the doctors are getting busier in their work since the national health insurance program was launched so that they have no time to learn or practice new surgery; the doctors also considered that if they failed in performing the operation, they would be sued by the patient or the patient's their families. We all know that the patients have the right to gain enough knowledge that they can choose what their options might be, but the doctors have their stand against it. It’s no use forcing the doctors to do what they should.
Governor should encourage the doctors to perform the new or complicated surgery by some ways. In my opinion, the doctors who perform new or complicated surgery should be encouraged by giving a higher pay or by offering a good position. Of course, the most important thing is that the doctors should always keep their declaration --they will practice their profession with conscience and dignity, the health of their patient will be their first consideration -- in their mind at the time of being admitted as a member of medical profession. (315 words)
2008年12月25日 星期四
2008年12月17日 星期三
Reaction Article # 11
According to the“10 years later, school still sugar free and proud, over the last 20 years, rate of obesity in children have risen greatly in many countries around the world. The health professionals consider unhealthy eating patterns and lack of physical activity play important roles in determining a kid’s weight. At Georgia, an elementary school removed soda and junk food from the vending machines and cafeterias, and designed some fitness classes for their students for a decade. In the first year, some students’ reading test score were improved and the heavier students’ weights were lost a lot.
I think most of the parents agree with that sugar should be eliminated from school, and at home they will not give junk food for their kids. We have taught our kids eating too much of sugar might be harmful to health, but sometimes we are bothered when a kid get home from school and tell us that he was good at school, so the teacher give him candies. Maybe this condition will also confuse the children that eating candies is nothing inappropriate. In my opinion, the kids can be given candies only in some situation, e.g. to see a doctor, since go to hospital is big stress for them. Giving candies is helpful for the kids to relax; it’s like an adult want to have a cup of wine when not in the mood.
We all know that eating is a habit, when the kids eating without worry is a dangerous habit. We should offer an environment that children could learn how to choose healthy food for themselves. (255 words)
According to the“10 years later, school still sugar free and proud, over the last 20 years, rate of obesity in children have risen greatly in many countries around the world. The health professionals consider unhealthy eating patterns and lack of physical activity play important roles in determining a kid’s weight. At Georgia, an elementary school removed soda and junk food from the vending machines and cafeterias, and designed some fitness classes for their students for a decade. In the first year, some students’ reading test score were improved and the heavier students’ weights were lost a lot.
I think most of the parents agree with that sugar should be eliminated from school, and at home they will not give junk food for their kids. We have taught our kids eating too much of sugar might be harmful to health, but sometimes we are bothered when a kid get home from school and tell us that he was good at school, so the teacher give him candies. Maybe this condition will also confuse the children that eating candies is nothing inappropriate. In my opinion, the kids can be given candies only in some situation, e.g. to see a doctor, since go to hospital is big stress for them. Giving candies is helpful for the kids to relax; it’s like an adult want to have a cup of wine when not in the mood.
We all know that eating is a habit, when the kids eating without worry is a dangerous habit. We should offer an environment that children could learn how to choose healthy food for themselves. (255 words)
2008年12月10日 星期三
Reaction Article # 10
According to What to Do When the Patient Says,‘please Don’t Tell Mom’, Perri Klass, a professor of journalism and pediatrics at New York University, had experienced that a middle-schooler told her in a private exam room that he had no friend in school, and that he was picked on sometimes by other kids in his school. Perri Klass was trying to talk to the student’s parents and let them talk to school, but the student asked this professor not to say any word to his parents and not to interfere. The consulting doctor had an ambivalent feeling toward this case-- keep their conversation as a privacy to earn the trust of the kid or give the information to the kid’s parents to protect the kid. Finally, she kept their dialogue as a secret because she thought“I was his doctor.”
The hot topic“Medical ethics”have been discussing in lots of hospitals these years, and the topic gives medical staffs some guidelines to follow--what to do and what to say when you encounter a medical moral judgment. I am not surprised at the pediatrician’s decision, but as a mother, I cannot understand why the consulting doctor doesn’t remind the parents that maybe the kid is in a dangerous situation. To tell or not to tell, I think it depend on the parents spiritual maturity. The professor should evaluate the parents’ ability first, and if they know that the parents can handle the problem, the professor could tell the parents what happened to their kid.
I think most of the doctors follow the principle of“Medical ethics”to protecting patients and themselves. In Taiwan, without the AIDS patient’s permission, the doctor cannot tell his wife that her husband has a severe contagious disease. If you are the wife of the AIDS patient, what do you think? (298 words)
According to What to Do When the Patient Says,‘please Don’t Tell Mom’, Perri Klass, a professor of journalism and pediatrics at New York University, had experienced that a middle-schooler told her in a private exam room that he had no friend in school, and that he was picked on sometimes by other kids in his school. Perri Klass was trying to talk to the student’s parents and let them talk to school, but the student asked this professor not to say any word to his parents and not to interfere. The consulting doctor had an ambivalent feeling toward this case-- keep their conversation as a privacy to earn the trust of the kid or give the information to the kid’s parents to protect the kid. Finally, she kept their dialogue as a secret because she thought“I was his doctor.”
The hot topic“Medical ethics”have been discussing in lots of hospitals these years, and the topic gives medical staffs some guidelines to follow--what to do and what to say when you encounter a medical moral judgment. I am not surprised at the pediatrician’s decision, but as a mother, I cannot understand why the consulting doctor doesn’t remind the parents that maybe the kid is in a dangerous situation. To tell or not to tell, I think it depend on the parents spiritual maturity. The professor should evaluate the parents’ ability first, and if they know that the parents can handle the problem, the professor could tell the parents what happened to their kid.
I think most of the doctors follow the principle of“Medical ethics”to protecting patients and themselves. In Taiwan, without the AIDS patient’s permission, the doctor cannot tell his wife that her husband has a severe contagious disease. If you are the wife of the AIDS patient, what do you think? (298 words)
2008年12月4日 星期四
Reaction Article #9
According to We’re Going to Party Like It’s 1929 ,the distinctively 2008 feeling of holiday harshness was always lurking, and the condition reminds people the dark days of Great Depression in 1929. The host, Alex Williams, wanted to plan a party to rescue the holidays for his friends, so, he called Mr. Monn, the well-known New York event planner, to help him. In this article, the planner showed people that how to design great holiday dinner party for the host’s friends at his apartment on a recessionary budget.
The coming holidays, Christmas and Lunar New Year, some people plan that they will not give a present to their friends and some employers decide that they will not held a year-end party for their employees because of sour economy. I think people will not care too much about the presents or the menus, but the feeling. In this greeting season, people should do something to warm or to encourage each other. Send a Christmas card to a friend or have a potluck with colleagues can instead.
Last week, I had a dinner with my friends working with me in the hospital before. We share a lot--work, family, investments, etc. At first, some of us were depressed when we talked about that the market performance went down. After we knew most of us were the loser, we all give a sigh of relief and laugh a long, bitter laugh. At this time, having a dinner together our focus are friends and togetherness.(242 words)
According to We’re Going to Party Like It’s 1929 ,the distinctively 2008 feeling of holiday harshness was always lurking, and the condition reminds people the dark days of Great Depression in 1929. The host, Alex Williams, wanted to plan a party to rescue the holidays for his friends, so, he called Mr. Monn, the well-known New York event planner, to help him. In this article, the planner showed people that how to design great holiday dinner party for the host’s friends at his apartment on a recessionary budget.
The coming holidays, Christmas and Lunar New Year, some people plan that they will not give a present to their friends and some employers decide that they will not held a year-end party for their employees because of sour economy. I think people will not care too much about the presents or the menus, but the feeling. In this greeting season, people should do something to warm or to encourage each other. Send a Christmas card to a friend or have a potluck with colleagues can instead.
Last week, I had a dinner with my friends working with me in the hospital before. We share a lot--work, family, investments, etc. At first, some of us were depressed when we talked about that the market performance went down. After we knew most of us were the loser, we all give a sigh of relief and laugh a long, bitter laugh. At this time, having a dinner together our focus are friends and togetherness.(242 words)
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