首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Modern liberal opinion is sensitive to problems of restriction of freedom and abuse of power. Indeed, many hold that a man can b
Modern liberal opinion is sensitive to problems of restriction of freedom and abuse of power. Indeed, many hold that a man can b
admin
2011-01-04
43
问题
Modern liberal opinion is sensitive to problems of restriction of freedom and abuse of power. Indeed, many hold that a man can be injured only by violating his will, but this view is much too narrow. It fails to recognize the great dangers we shall face in the uses of biomedical technology that stems from an excess of freedom, from the unrestrained exercise of will. In my view, our greatest problems will be voluntary self-degradation, or willing dehumanization as the unintended yet often inescapable consequence of sternly and successfully pursuing our humanization goals.
Certain desires and perfected medical technologies have already some dehumanizing consequences. Improved methods of repudiation (复苏) have made possible heroic efforts to "save" the severely ill and injured. Yet these efforts are sometimes only partly successful. They succeed in rescuing individuals but these individuals may have severe brain damage and be capable of only a less-than-human, vegetating existence. Such patients found with increasing frequency in the intensive care units of university hospitals, have been denied a death with dignity. Families are forced to suffer seeing their loved ones so reduced and are made to bear the burden of a prolonged "death watch" .
Even the ordinary methods of treating disease and prolonging life have changed the context in which men die. Fewer and fewer people die in the familiar surroundings of home or in the company of family and friends. At that time of life when there is perhaps the greatest need for human warmth and comfort, the dying patient is kept company by cardiac(心脏的) pacemakers and defibrillators, respirators, aspirators, oxygenators, catheters(导尿管)and his intravenous(静脉的)drip. This to the community of men are replaced by attachments to an assemblage of machines.
This loneliness, however, is not confined to the dying patient in the hospital bed. Consider the increasing number of old people still alive thanks to medical progress. As a group, the elderly are the most alienated members of our society. Not yet ready for the world of the dead, not deemed fit for the world of the living, they are shunted aside. More and more of them spend the extra years medicine has given them in "homes for senior citizens", in hospitals for chronic diseases, and in nursing homes waiting for the end. We have learned how to increase their years, but we have not learned how to help them enjoy their days. Yet we continue to bravely and sternly push back the frontiers against death.
Which of the following is NOT true according to Pare. 2?
选项
A、Improved medical technology can save extremely severe patients.
B、Some patients, though saved, can no longer lead a normal human life.
C、Families often suffer when some patients maintain a vegetating existence.
D、To a patient, survival is always better than death.
答案
D
解析
仔细阅读文章的第二段可知其中并未提到“对病人而言,活着总比死了好”。只是讲到完善的医疗手段能治愈一些重病人,而有些人只能以植物人的形式存活下来并给亲人们带来痛苦。因此本题的正确答案为D。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/YMHO777K
0
在职攻硕英语联考
相关试题推荐
(厦门大学2014年试题)Mostpeoplewhotravellongdistancescomplainofjetlag(喷气飞行时差反应).Jetlagmakesbusinesstravelerslessprodu
Althoughthestudyofgeneticsisanentirelynewfield,it______mankindformanyyears.(中国人民大学2010年试题)
(中国矿业大学2014年试题)Aperson’shomeisasmuchareflectionofhispersonalityastheclotheshewears,thefoodheeatsandthe
Nobodyinthecompanypaysattentiontohisopinion,becausewhathehassaidisalwaysmere______.
Scientistshavediscoveredaclose______betweensmokingandseveralseriousdiseases.
Theonlysafewayofdistinguishingbetweenedibleandpoisonousmushroomsistolearnto______theindividualspecies.
Sociologistsusethetermpowertorefertothecapacityofpeopleorgroupstocontrolorinfluencetheactionsofothers,whet
Sociologistsusethetermpowertorefertothecapacityofpeopleorgroupstocontrolorinfluencetheactionsofothers,whet
Helencouldnothelpfeelingantipathytowardherfather’snewwifewhomhemarriedjusttwomonthsafterthedeathofHelen’sm
Historically,thespread,prevalence,andveryexistenceofcontagiousdiseasehavewhollydependedonthegrowthandconcentrat
随机试题
临床怀疑输尿管结石,首选的影像学检查方法是
A.国家食品药品监督管理总局B.中国食品药品检定研究院C.省级(食品)药品检验所D.市(县)级药品检验所E.卫计委承担辖区内药品的抽验与委托检验(口岸检验所承担药品进出口检验)以及药品的注册检验的是()。
南京国民政府于1947年公布和实施《中华民国宪法》,下列哪些是对这部宪法的正确表述?()
局部均衡分析方法的代表人物是()。
在所有的艺术中,爱因斯坦最推崇西方古典音乐。对巴赫、莫扎特和贝多芬的作品,他尤其______。除音乐外,爱因斯坦还推崇文学。他认为科学和艺术是相互补充的。爱因斯坦怎能以惊人的洞察力阐明相对论的原理?他自己就一再强调:“想象力比知识更重要”。音乐和文学诚然不
[A]Sowhatdoesthisteachus?WelearnthatintheUnitedStates,wealthychildrenattendingpublicschoolsthatservetheweal
某企业整合其外部最优秀的IT专业化资源,用于向客户提供IT基础设施和应用服务,从而达到降低成本、提高效率的目的。该企业采取了(29)________服务模式。
D英国文学之作家作品。Shelley(雪莱)的代表作有PrometheusUnbound(《解放了的普罗米修斯》)和OdetotheWestWind(《西风颂》)。
Youshouldhaveputthemilkintherefrigerator.Iexpectit______undrinkable.
A、15points.B、30points.C、45points.D、75points.B推理题。短文中提到Ifyouwriteanincompletesentence,you’velost10points,因此如果是写了三
最新回复
(
0
)