本书围绕与医学相关的众多主题,突出医学的生物-心理-社会模式,摒弃了过去医学英语教材编写中枯燥的单纯生理模式。教材内容在突出一个“泛”字的同时集中一个“医”字。其内容和题材涉及了医学基础和临床等各个医学学科以及一部分与医学相关学科的简单知识。不但适合医学专业学生阅读,许多其他学科的学生,甚至在职的医务界或非医务界人员,都能从中获益。所选文章大部分从最新的权威性书刊、报章杂志以及国际互联网收录,并经过精心挑选。本书题材和体裁都很广泛,既有科学性强的科研论文体裁,也有文学性强的小说体裁,以科普类型的读物为主。
Unit One Disease: Global Burden, Arena of Human Miracles
Unit Two Doctor and His Patients: Shared Values and Perspectives
Unit Three Obesity: A Luxurious Killer
Unit Four Brain: Seat of Soul & Sacred Diseases
Unit Five Stress: Psychosomatic Effects of Black Moods
Unit Six Genes: Basic Units of Life
Unit Seven Environment: Home for 75 Billion Tons of Biomass
Unit Eight Space-physiology: Human Body in Celestial Visits
Unit Nine Growing Old: Crowning a Successful Life
Unit Ten Ethics: Medicine, Law and Conscience
Appendix I Key to Exercises
Appendix II Vocabulary