ContentsLesson One:Health Care Facilities 1
Text A:Types Of Health Care Facilities 1
Text B:How A Health Care Facility Is Organized 8
Dialogue 1 Make Exercises Part Of Your Life 12
Lesson Two:Nursing Care 15
Text A:Methods Of Organizing Nursing Care 15
Text B:The Nursing Team 21
Dialogue 2 We'll Be Glad To Offer You Our Help 27
Lesson Three:The Patient 29
Text A:The Patient And His Needs 29
Text B:How Are Patients Grouped 35
Dialogue 3 I've Been Feeling Under The Weather 41
Lesson Four:Doctors 43
Text A:General Practitioners And Specialists 43
Text B:The Surgeon And Surgery 53
Dialogue 4 Can I Come Back To You If There Are Any Complications? 59
Lesson Five:Communication In Health Care 62
Text A:The Patient's Record 62
Text B:Observations 70
Text C:Computers In Health Care 80
Dialogue 5 Does Anything You Do Make The Headache Bet-ter Or Worse? 86
Text A:Cells,Tissues,And Organs 88
Lesson Six:Basic Structure Of The Human Body 88
Text B:Different Systems Of The Human Body 96
Dialogue 6 Have You Read The Notes? 104
Lesson Seven:Growth And Development(Ⅰ) 106
Text A:Infancy (Birth To One Year) 106
Text B:Early Childhood 113
Dialogue 7 Is Vaccination Worth The Risks? 119
Lesson Eight:Growth And Development(Ⅱ) 122
Text A:Late Childhood 122
Text B:Adolescence 132
Dialogue 8 Weight Control 140
Text A:Infection 142
Lesson Nine:Infection And Medical Asepsis 142
Text B:Medical Asepsis 150
Dialogue 9 There Is Yet No Medicine That Can Kill Viruses 157
Lesson Ten:Measuring Vital Signs(Ⅰ) 160
Text A:Temperature 160
Text B:Pulse 169
Dialogue 10 Fever Is Not A Disease 175
Lesson Eleven:Measuring Vital Signs(Ⅱ) 177
Text A:Respirations 177
Text B:Blood Pressure 184
Dialogue 11 A．I've Been Throwing Up For The Past Few Days 191
B．I've Got An Awful Ache In My Belly 193
Text A:Bed Rest And Its Complications 196
Lesson Twelve:Bed Rest And Ambulation 196
Text B:Ambulation And Walking Aids 205
Dialogue 12 Is This Burning Present Throughout The Stream? 210
Lesson Thirteen:Emergency Care 212
Text A:General Rules Of Emergency Care 212
Text B:Basic Life Support 219
Dialogue 13 Diarrhoea 227
Lesson Fourteen:Hemorrhage And Shock 229
Text A:Hemorrhage And Shock 229
Text B:Seizures,Fainting And Stroke 235
Dialogue 14 Nosebleeds 242
Text A:Terminal Illness 244
Lesson Fifteen:Terminal Illness And Cancer 244
Text B:Cancer 250
Dialogue 15 A．I've Got A Lump In My Left Breast 257
B．Some X-ray Therapy Should Stop It Spreading 259
Lesson Sixteen:Musculoskeletal Disorders 261
Text A:Arthritis And Rheumatoid Arthritis 261
Text B:Fractures 267
Dialogue 16 A．Have You Had Any Swelling Or Pain In Your Joints? 273
B．Thank You For Your Assistance,Nurse 275
Lesson Seventeen:Nervous System Disorders 278
Text A:Cerebrovascular Accident And Parkinson's Disease 278
Text B:Head And Spinal Cord Inj uries 285
Dialogue 17 A．Is Your Vision Any Worse Lately? 290
B．He Lost Consciousness 292
Lesson Eighteen:Hearing And Vision Problems 294
Text A:Hearing Problems 294
Text B:Vision Problems 300
Dialogue 18 A．Common Ear Diseases 305
B:Glaucoma,Cataract And Retinal Detach-ment 308
Lesson Nineteen:Respiratory Disorders And Diabetes Mellitus 310
Text A:Respiratory Disorders 310
Text B:Diabetes 317
Dialogue 19 A．Are You Bringing Anything Up When You Cough? 322
B．It's Necessary To Have A New Diet 324
Text A:Hypertension 326
Lesson Twenty:Cardiovascular Disorders 326
Text B:Myocardial Infarction 333
Dialogue 20 A．We Want To Keep A Close Eye On Matters 339
B．Your Heart Has Made An Excellent Recovery 340
课文译文 342
AppendixⅠ Commonly Used Nursing Terms 420
AppendixⅡ Medical Equipment 428
AppendixⅢ Commonly Used Terms In Clinical Medicine 434
AppendixⅣ Common Diseases 449
AppendixⅤ Common Operations 459
AppendixⅥ Common Drugs 464
AppendixⅦ General Lab Examinations 473