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Friendly doctors are
"bad for their patients' health", researchers have warned as a new
study revealed two thirds of young doctors struggle to be truthful with
patients they like.
Blurring (使……模糊) the lines between social
and professional relationships can affect the level of care offered and prevent
patients from being honest about important side effects.
"Doctors should avoid
adding patients as friends on Facebook, they should not hug or allow patients
to call them by their first names." regulators have warned. "Those
who break the boundaries will face some punishment."
It comes as a survey of 338
oncologists (肿瘤科医生) under the age of 40, found 59 per cent said
they found it difficult to tell the truth to those patients they liked. Sixty
per cent of respondents said if doctors felt too close to their patients, it
could prevent them from making objective decisions about a person's care.
Lesley Fallowfield, of
Brighton and Sussex Medical School, said: "Oncology is a profession that
can be enormously rewarding but is filled with many challenges. Young
oncologists have to master dealing with anxious patients who are facing a
life-threatening disease; conveying the true prognosis (预后); discussing the complexity of modern treatments; and explaining
the unavailability of some drugs, the side-effects of treatment, and likely
treatment aims."
But she said, "Those
doctors who have entered the profession in the age of the 'Internet world'are
more likely to fall victim to blurring the professional boundaries with
patients."
She said: "The
difficulty, if you hug and kiss patients, if you allow them to call you by your
first name, is that quickly the relationship can become confused as a social
one rather than a professional one. Doctors become confused, 'I really like
this person, how can I bear to tell them that they're going to die?' They find
it more difficult to be objective."
(1)
Why are friendly doctors bad for their patients' health?
A . They don't like to cheat patients.
B . They are not good at treating patients.
C . They find it not easier to be objective to the patients.
D . They seldom blur the relationship with patients.
(2)
What should doctors do according to the regulations?
A . Add patients as friends on Facebook.
B . Have close connection with patients in life.
C . Always be cold to patients.
D . Keep a proper distance to patients.
(3)
Which opinion will Lesley Fallowfield agree with?
A . Oncology is a rewarding profession without challenges.
B . The Internet makes it easier for young doctors to break the boundaries.
C . It's not the duty of doctors to deal with patients' anxiety.
D . Becoming friends with patients will help them recover soon.
(4)
Young oncologists will face the following challenges except_____________.
A . dealing with a lot of life-threatening diseases
B . discussing difficulties of treatment with patients
C . explaining the reason for the lack of some medicine
D . informing patients of the possible results of the treatment
答案: C
D
B
A