Comprehension: A doctor’s vision of the future of medicine

COMPREHENSION 

A DOCTOR'S VISION OF THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE

ANSWER QUESTIONS 1-3 ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN THE TEXT. USE YOUR OWN WORDS.

1 How will medical check-ups be carried out in the future?

• They will be carried out remotely. The patient will make the measurements at home and send it to a computer which afterwards will communicate the result both to the patient ant to the doctor.

2 What changes will medical education need in the future?

• They will need to know how to use new digital devices and computers since they will have to deal with a huge amount of biological information.

3 How will the new medicine system affect patients’ role?

• The new medicine system affect patients’ role involving them more actively in their own health care.

ARE THESE STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE PRECISE WORDS OR PHRASES FROM THE TEXT, OR USE YOUR OWN WORDS.

4. In the future the analysis of blood and DNA will be very expensive.

• FALSE. “(...) and DNA sequencers will decode individual human genomes rapidly, accurately and inexpensively (lines 12-13).

5. There is no doubt that the new medicine will contribute to bringing health services to a larger number of people.

• TRUE. “Hopefully, this new medicine will eventually lead to a universal democratization of health care”(lines 19-20).

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