The Economist-20241026期「Britain」Pet health care: Don't let sleeping dogs lie
Needs a dogtor
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【Para1】引入主题👉作者通过描述宠物医院内小宠物们的检查和治疗场景，引入宠物医疗话题。
【Para2】国情背景👉英国人热爱动物且都希望能给自己的宠物最好的医疗保障。
【Para3】医院介绍👉QMHA是英国高端宠物医院，拥有先进的技术和设备，吸引着全球的病宠。
【Para4-6】宠物医疗行业痛点
-para4 价格高昂👉给宠物看病的价格往往不菲，即便是普通手术和治疗也相当昂贵。
-para5-6 道德困境👉因为宠物本身不能说话拒绝，医院在执行治疗时会充分考虑宠物的身体情况和临床表现。
【Para7】重要意义👉发展宠物医疗还有助于加深对人类疾病的了解。
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Pet health care: Don't let sleeping dogs lie
Give them a mitral-valve replacement instead
Pet health care: Don't let sleeping dogs lie
Give them a mitral-valve replacement instead
[5] If costs are one concern, ethical dilemmas are another. Much as clinicians must think about the risks of over-treating a human at the end of life, “there’s always a question about whether or not we should do things”, says Lynne James of the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals, a veterinary charity.
[6] Staff at the QMHA agree. “We don’t do chemotherapy to the point where their hair falls out, since they can’t consent,” says Andy Yale, an oncologist at the hospital. In the blood-transfusion centre, pets are rewarded with tins of premium food and an “I’m a life saver” bandanna if they donate, though consent is considered to be withdrawn if a dog or cat does not lie still (you’re not allowed to sedate a blood donor and “quite rightly”, says Professor Lipscomb). This is far removed from practices in America, notes David Church, the RVC’s deputy principal, where some hospitals will perform feline renal transplants on the condition that the owner agrees to adopt a stray cat as a kidney donor.
[7] For people who find pet-pampering baffling, one argument for state-of-the-art veterinary medicine is that it complements human health care. Studying the pituitary tumours of diabetic cats may help to understand why a similar syndrome happens in people, says Professor Church. At the University of Glasgow researchers are trying an epilepsy medication in dogs that may help humans in the future. But the simpler argument is that it makes owners happy. “They gave our fur baby girl’s sight back,” gushes one review after successful cataract surgery at the QMHA. ■
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