於洋、龍芸主編的這本《當代醫學英語微課程—
—健康與社會》是大學階段英語教育轉型與創新的專
門用途英語教材。通過四步學習法——“案例觀察、
要點概述、細節理解、意義探索”，從提升英語交際
技能、獲取專業學科知識、發展創新思維能力和培育
全球視野及人文精神4個方面綜合一體培養適應社會
和時代發展的合格醫藥衛生人纔。
本書內容涉及當代醫藥衛生健康領域的前沿發展
。通過對典型案例和事件的了解和觀察，理解健康與
社會之間的關繫及其復雜性，從而認識健康不隻是個
人身體的疾病問題與醫學問題，而是關繫家庭、教育
、經濟、環境、技術、基因、倫理、司法、政治，甚
至社會安全的大問題，從而加深對生活在不斷變化世
界之中的人的理解。

Unit 1 Meclical Education E Training
Lesson 1 Changing Medical Education
Lesson 2 Is Your Doctor Up to Date?
Lesson 3 Nurses' Roles Expanded
Lesson 4 Learning by Living
Unit 2 Healthy Living
Lesson 5 Eat Less, Live Longer
Lesson 6 Alcohol And Cancer Deaths
Lesson 7 Sleep Deprivation And Stroke Risk
Lesson 8 Daily Dangers
Unit 3 Environmental Hazards
Lesson 9 Air Pollution And Cancer Risk
Lesson 10 Water Worries
Lesson 11 Environmental Cancer Risks
Lesson 12 Cellphones & Cancer Risk
Unit 4 New Viral And Bacterial Threats
Lesson 13 Combating Ebola
Lesson 14 Superbugs
Lesson 15 Deadly MERS
Lesson 16 Drug-resistant Bugs, A Global Threat
Unit 5 Teen Health
Lesson 17 ADHD Number Spikes
Lesson 18 Increase in Children's Nearsightedness
Lesson 19 Early Puberty
Lesson 20 Autism Increases Among Children
Unit 6 Women's Health
Lesson 21 Women's High Alert Symptoms
Lesson 22 Heart Disease Can Be Serious in Young Women
Lesson 23 Women And Alcohol
Lesson 24 Women And Alzheimer's
Unit 7 Healthy Aging
Lesson 25 Science of Longevity
Lesson 26 How Behaviors Affect How We Age?
Lesson 27 Early Warning Signs for Alzheimer's
Lesson 28 Exercise And Parkinson's Disease
Unit 8 Psychology And Mental Health
Lesson 29 Teen Depression
Lesson 30 Robin Williams' Death Shed Light on Depression
Lesson 31 Indicator to Suicidal Thoughts
Lesson 32 Optimism Is Good Medicine
Unit 9 Evidence-based Medicine
Lesson 33 Changing Guidelines
Lesson 34 Mammogram Benefits Oversold
Lesson 35 Aspirin to Fight Cancer
Lesson 36 New Hope in The Fight Against Alzheimer's Disease
Unit 10 Cutting-edge Medical Research
Lesson 37 The First Bionic Woman
Lesson 38 Man-made DNA Creates Synthetic Cell
Lesson 39 Stem Cells Help Regenerate Damaged Heart
Lesson 40 Restoring Vision with Bionic Eye
Unit 11 Grouncl-breaking Surgeries
Lesson 41 Innovative Surgery Saves Cancer Victim
Lesson 42 The First U.S. Face Transplant
Lesson 43 First Spinal Cord Surgery with Stem Cells
Lesson 44 Voice Box Transplant
Unit 12 Personalized Cancer Treatment
Lesson 45 Cancer Genomics: Targeting Treatment to The Patient
Lesson 46 Personalized Cancer Care
Lesson 47 Patient's Own Immune Cells Tackle Cervical Cancer
Lesson 48 New Therapy for Leukemia
Unit 13 Limits of Modern Medicine
Lesson 49 Women's Health Failing on Many Fronts
Lesson 50 Health Advances May Not Mean Good Health
Lesson 51 Test to Detect Genetic Disorders
Lesson 52 Are Cancer Patients Being Over-diagnosed?
Unit 14 Doctor-patient Relationship
Lesson 53 Rating And Reviewing Your Doctor
Lesson 54 Doctors Revolt Against Online Patients' Comments
Lesson 55 Going Undercover
Lesson 56 Hospitals Trying to Polish Their Image
Unit 15 Medicine, Health And Society
Lesson 57 Transplant Case Controversy
Lesson 58 A Mother's Fight to Change The Federal Law
Lesson 59 Chinese Couples Turn to U.S. Surrogates for Babies
Lesson 60 The Pill Changes Women's Life for Better
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