news summary 2

(1)news URL
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071011/us_nm/medication_errors_dc
(2)questions:
1 Who will be responsible if the patient taking the wrong medicine?
Ans: I think both side have their own responsibility.
2 What other better solutions can you figure out?
Ans: Instead of asking patients to bring their medicine to the hospital, I would like them go to see the doctor if they have any problems.
3 What kind of attitude do the patients taking?
Ans: I think they don’t really care about their health. If they really want to be healthy, they cannot just put the things aside and don’t pay any attentions to it.
4 Are these kind of situations commonly seen in Taiwan?
Ans: Perhaps they’re not so common to see in Taiwan as in the U.S. Because here in Taiwan you have to go to the hospital t get the medicine.
5 What things do you think the doctors should do?
Ans: I think doctors should take a more positive attitude toward their patients so that the relationship can move further.
(3)ten key words
recall: recollect
literacy: ability to read and write
comprehend: understand something fully.
chronic: having had a disease or a habit for a long time.
grasp: seize
adequate: satisfactory in quantity or quality
pharmacy: place where medicine are prepared and given out.
generic: shared by or including a whole group or class.
physical: of or concerning material things.
unpronounceable: too difficult to pronounce
(4)summary
The news published recently suggested that most of patients do not know what kind of drug they are taking. It is not only because the reading ability of some patients are not very well but also because the name of the drug. Most of the medicine are marked with their chemical names which is difficult for people to understand. One possible solution is for patients to physically bring their medicines to the doctor's office. In a word, doctors and patients should work together so that they can have a full understanding to each one.