英语词汇实用小百科 全科医生general practitioner

HY: Hello, and welcome to this week's edition of Round Table, word of the week. I'm Heyang.

XH: And this is Xiao Hua. 这周我们讨论的词汇呢跟医疗有关，because we previously¹ talked about the underdeveloped situation of China's community hospitals and community doctors.

HY: Let's start with the term community hospital. A community hospital can be purely² a nominal³ designation or have a more specific meaning. When specific, it refers to a hospital that is accessible to the general public, and provides a general or specific medical care which is usually short-term, in a cost-effective setting, and also focuses on preventing illnesses as on treating them.

XH: Community hospital 实际上就是社区医院的意思，只不过在中国社区医疗真的是不太发达。So you may have those community hospitals but they may not be able to treat anything basically. Maybe they are able to give you shots but not on a variety diseases.

HY: Yes, so it seems like there is a difference in the role played by the general practitioner⁴, a doctor based in the community who treats patients with minor⁵ or chronic⁶ illnesses and refers those with serious conditions to a hospital. Their duties are not confined to specific organs of the body, and they have particular skills in treating people with multiple health issues. They are trained to treat patients of any age and sex.

XH: General practitioner这个词其实我以前一直以为它就是指全科医生，后来才知道它是指大多是在社区医疗卫生机构工作的全科医师，他可以治一点小病，如果你的病是比如说像骨折，或者需要住院的疾病就会把你推荐到大的医院去接受更系统的治疗。So I guess that is what it means.

HY: Yes, since the 1950s, general practitioner or general medicine has become its own brunch⁷ of medicine by its own right.

XH: Also there is a word that has a similar meaning but maybe not exactly the same that's family doctor. We also hear this word quite often.

HY: A family doctor is a synonymous term used in many countries as to a general practitioner. But in the US, after 1970s, the two terms mean differently. A physician who specializes in "family medicine" must now complete a residency in family medicine, and must be eligible⁸ for a board

recognition.

XH: 所以family doctor 在美国也是自成一体的一个另外的体系。跟general practitioner有一点点的区别。Back to China, I don't think China has an established system for either general practitioners⁹ or family doctors. So this is an area that we still need to see a lot of development.

HY: Yes, we operate under a very different kind of system and it is confusing for a lot of people because when you go to the hospital in China, you might be not know which specific office you should be registering with. And also there is no family doctor to oversee¹⁰ your health in a long term either.

XH: Exactly in all the responsibility of a general practitioner or a family doctor.

HY: That's all the time we have for this week's word of the week. I hope you had a good time and having a weekend. We will see you next time.

1 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

2 purely   

adv.纯粹地，完全地

参考例句：

• I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
• This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。

3 nominal   

adj.名义上的；(金额、租金)微不足道的

参考例句：

• The king was only the nominal head of the state. 国王只是这个国家名义上的元首。
• The charge of the box lunch was nominal.午餐盒饭收费很少。

4 practitioner   

n.实践者，从事者；(医生或律师等)开业者

参考例句：

• He is an unqualified practitioner of law.他是个无资格的律师。
• She was a medical practitioner before she entered politics.从政前她是个开业医生。

5 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

6 chronic   

adj.(疾病)长期未愈的，慢性的；极坏的

参考例句：

• Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
• Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。

7 brunch   

n.早午餐

参考例句：

• They eat much the same thing for brunch every day.每天早午餐他们总是吃同样的东西。
• What did you have for your brunch?你早午饭都吃些什么？

8 eligible   

adj.有条件被选中的；(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的

参考例句：

• He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
• Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。

9 practitioners   

n.习艺者，实习者( practitioner的名词复数 )；从业者（尤指医师）

参考例句：

• one of the greatest practitioners of science fiction 最了不起的科幻小说家之一
• The technique is experimental, but the list of its practitioners is growing. 这种技术是试验性的，但是采用它的人正在增加。 来自辞典例句

10 oversee   

vt.监督，管理

参考例句：

• Soldiers oversee the food handouts.士兵们看管着救济食品。
• Use a surveyor or architect to oversee and inspect the different stages of the work.请一位房产检视员或建筑师来监督并检查不同阶段的工作。