Fill in the Blanks Exercise
TRACK 8
Case 1
Miss K, a 15-year-old secondary school student wants to have
plastic surgery to her nose. Although no-one at her private girls'
school has bullied her about it, she feels that to look attractive is
very strong and she says the issue is , and making her depressed. It is
Miss K's ambition to become a corporate lawyer, and she believes that her nose
will also . Her wealthy parents don't believe that her nose is
, and feel that she should wait until she is at least 21, as she may
by then. However, they have said that they will pay for the surgery if
doctors in their daughter's best interests.
Case 2
A six-year-old boy, S, has been diagnosed by doctors with
attention deficit disorder (ADHD) and prescribed a which he will
probably have to take until he is an adult. The drug is not thought to
, but the are not fully known. His mother, who is separated
from his father, and who has custody of their three children, is keen to
. She says his problem is his life both at school and at
home. He is distracted at school, is already other children in his schoolwork,
and his teachers are unsympathetic. At home, his bad behaviour , and
his mother says that the only thing that is playing computer games.
His father, who lives 100 kilometres away, is . He says that his son
is just a normal boy who needs to with a calmer working environment,
and that he needs to instead of staying indoors and playing computer
games.
Case 3
Dr Z, a prominent National Health Service specialist, has
in the media by publicly questioning whether he should treat a
patient who is a heavy smoker. The woman, Mrs X, who is in her early sixties,
has a that requires expensive surgery and medication. She has been a
lifelong smoker and says that she . Dr Z says that treating her ' for
the taxpayer', as she is by smoking. However opponents of Doctor Z
point out that Mrs X, who is a retired school secretary, was a her
working life. Furthermore her illness is to smoking, and she is
currently in to undergo surgery and treatment. But, as the aging
population grows, and healthcare gets for the state, the case is
.
