MEDICINE, MYTHS,
AND MAGIC
CHAPTER 10
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to
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Distinguishing facts from theories
Explain the outline of the reading text
Part One
Introduction:
People are questioning the
standard of medical
professionalism in
Jakarta.
Medical Technology and Bioethics
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Pre-reading Activity
Breakthrough
Surgery
Conception
Fertility
Triplets
Xenotransplants
Concerns
Bio-synthetics
Supply
physician
diagnose
treat
conceive
alter
beneficial
ethical
fertilized
moral
rapidly
2. Getting Meaning from Context
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On the lines, write words from the reading selection that fit these
definitions. The letters in parentheses indicate the paragraph.
A sudden and existing discovery (A):____
Look at symptoms to identify disease (A): ___
Take care of, try to cure (A):___
Make longer (A): ___
Good, helpful (A):___
Mediacl operation (C):___
Place high improtance on (C):___
Becoming pregnant with a baby (D):___
changing: (E):___
Give a job to (G):___
3. Read the text entitled “Medical Technology
and Bioethics” Interactions 2, pp. 218-220
Discuss your answers to these questions with your friends:
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Has the discussion of the birth control pill made changes in the society
in your country?
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Do pregnant women in your country usually have ultrasound or
amniocentesis? Do they ever have an abortion based on their knowledge
of the baby’s sex? Is it legal to do this?
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Do you sometimes hear (from the news or in conversations) about
multiple births? If so, what are some of the problems?
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Would you like top live to 100 or 120? Why or why not?
3.2. Skimming (for main ideas and summary)
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Read the text “The Mind-Body Relationship”
pp. 225-226. For each paragraph that follows,
practice what you have learned about finding
the main idea and summarizing paragraph.
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3.3. Distinguishing Facts from Theories
Write fact or theory for each statement taken from the selection
“The Mind-Body relationship”
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__Urban doctors have greater succes if they take a traditional healer with
them as they visit patients.
__A person’s state of mind can make a person sick or speed his or her
recovery.
The effectiveness of a certain drug often depends on the patient’s
expectation of it.
A person’s hope of a cure and belief in the physician influence the effect
of medication.
In a 1977 study, several patients who took placebos were able to produce
their own natural “drug”.
There is a connection between a person’s mind and the risk of
developing cancer.
Part Two
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http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/200
4/11/15/2003211150
Euthanasia is still a controversial issue in Indonesia.
Read the news Taipeh Times about the issue in
Indonesia. Is it a human right for people to end their
life? Do you think the Indonesian Govt. should pass
the bill about it? Is it against religion belief?
Discuss the issue with your friends. Do you support
euthanasian for The Siregar or not.
Support your answer with evidences.
Part Three
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Read the text “Home Remedies Even Doctors
Use” Interactions 2 , pp. 235-236 and do the
exercises that follow. The homework will be
submitted by the next meeting (week 11)