2013年5月18日 星期六

The advance of medical technology


Some said, “prevention is better than cure.” Angelina Jolie made the most extreme example for the world. In order to get rid of family history, she made a bold decision to remove her breast and ovary to prevent the horrible diseases happen to her. The other interesting news is from a Russian billionaire, who claimed a new plan for transferring humans thoughts and memories to computer so that human beings can survive after the body function loss. The advance of medical care indeed brings us a whole new world but also creates several questions. Hope that you’ll enjoy today’s discussion!

Reading
1.     My medical choice

Discussion
1.     Do you have any family medical history? If yes, do you do anything to prevent it?
2.     If you were Angelina Jolie, would you make the same decision? Why?
3.     In her article, she said her risk of breast cancer dropped from 87% to 5% after the surgery. It’s to say, she still has chance to get the breast cancer after the surgery, and she might not have the breast cancer even she did nothing. It seems tricky. Do you believe probability? 
4.     Would you like to be immortal? Why?
5.     The new medical technology indeed makes people live longer but not necessary better. A lot of people are struggling for chronic disease and cannot live without drugs or machines. What kind of consequence of improving medical care that we might face?

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