《医学院校研究生英语读与写（第四版）》 课件 Unit 5 Text A Confidentiality and the Patient’s Right to Privacy—What Right to Privacy in Healthcare.pptx

医学院校研究生英语读与写(第四版）首都医科大学应用语言学系English for Master Students in Medical UniversitiesDepartment of Applied Linguistics Capital Medical UniversityUnit Five Text A Confidentiality and the Patient’s Right to Privacy—What Right to Privacy in Health Care?Outline Background informationIntroduction to the author From a small southern town, in her real life, Maree Blackston is both a housewife and a semi-retired adjunct professor at a local university. Her background is law, political science, and healthcare management. She writes for fun and has been known to do freelance writing and research on topics she finds interesting.Background informationIntroduction to the topicBackground information All that may come to my knowledge in the exercise of my profession or in daily commerce with men, which ought not to be spread abroad, I will keep secret and will never reveal. ——The Hippocratic Oath Background informationRelated background informationA. doctor-patient relationship B. physician-patient privilegeGlobal analysis of the text The text explains the importance of protecting patient confidentiality. The author first presents a phenomenon, proposes an evoking question, and lists examples to emphasize the importance of patient confidentiality. She then poses a pivotal problem: sometimes confidential patient information is made accessible to people other than doctors, such as insurance company workers, through two files, ICD-9 and CPT. Moreover, patient confidentiality may be abused. Patients with health insurance lose some of their rights to confidentiality, and should be aware of this problem. Detailed study of the textAny patient who has health insurance has essentially thrown the right to privacy out the window. (Para. 1)Meaning: Patients with health insurance have given up their right to privacy. throw out the window: to simply ignore because of being fed too muchExample: The girl hated the parents’ nagging, and she just threw it out the window. Detailed study of the textDe