- •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
Million-Dollar Grant for Dowling Hospital
the dowling hospital has announced that it will receive a grant of $1 million from the US-based Goldwater Foundation. This is welcome news for the hospital as it is known to be experiencing financial difficulties.'We are very pleased to receive the grant,' said Director, William Garvey. 'We have a number of projects which need to be funded, so the grant has come at the right time. We are grateful to the Goldwater Foundation for their generosity. The Dowling Hospital has always depended on funds from organisations such as Goldwater to provide high-quality treatments for our patients and to maintain our fees at an affordable level.'
We will inform our readers how the money will be spent as soon as the hospital management makes its decision.
17. Listen to the Dowling's Medical Director talking to the Nursing Director about the grant. Tick the reasons they mention for not spending the money on the gardens and full-time gardeners.
1 One million dollars would not be enough to landscape the gardens.
2 The Boston Medical Foundation might not approve their decision.
3 They need new equipment to improve their medical care.
4 Medical research needs to be financed.
5 The local newspaper would want the money to be spent on poor people.
6 Diana Marsden would not approve of this kind of expenditure.
18. Listen again and complete each prediction with words or phrases from the dialogue.
1 ... the gardens are in a dreadful state. But it __________quite a lot to have them landscaped.
2 I don't have precise figures, but I'd say it __________over half of the grant.
3 If we__________the gardens, I don't think the
Boston Medical Foundation will be very pleased.
4 They__________to spend the grant on up-to-date equipment.
5 They're very keen for us to get a new scanner. They think it__________our treatments.
6 Another thing to think about, ... is__________an effect on other projects.
7 Exactly. It__________a big impact on research.
8 I__________to Diana Marsden some time this weekend ...
Other useful phrases
Considering implications
We need to look at the implications ... (of that option).
If we do X, it could ... (upset the Boston Medical Foundation).
Well, one consequence could be ... (we'll harm our image).
It'll have a (big) impact on ... (research).
It's bound to have an influence on ... (hiring new staff).
It could be good/bad for... (our image).
It will lead to ...
It could result in ...
It will/may contribute to ...
It could influence ...
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.
1 cost
2 time to implement the option
3 impact on the hospital's image
4 benefits to the patients and to the hospital
5 drawbacks of the option
6 the implications of each option
Options
1 Send some patients to Boston for urgently needed operations and post-operative care.
Cost: approximately $200,000-$250,000 per patient
2 Hire a research assistant to investigate the causes of cot deaths (unexpected deaths of young children in their sleep). The death rate of children from this cause is high in the local community.
Cost: approximately $300,000 for five years
3 Build new facilities for physiotherapy. Hire new staff to work in the rooms.
Cost: approximately $1 million (at least)
4 Buy new equipment: an up-to-date MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scanner.
Cost: at least $600,000
5 Upgrade the facilities and accommodation at the hospital: the hospital needs to be redecorated and the fittings and furniture renovated.
Cost: $800,000
6 Invest in a new facility: set up a cosmetic surgery clinic run by the hospital's gifted surgeon, Mr Mack. This will bring in a lot of money from wealthy American and European clients.
Cost: approximately $700,000
7 Erect a bronze statue of Edgar Dowling (who died two years ago) in the hospital grounds.
Cost: $150,000, but $50,000 already raised from public donations