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如何用英文向病人解释诊断和治疗方案

小白老师2016/06/27英语学习

向病人用英文解释诊断和治疗方案，是指医生使用通俗易懂、非专业术语的英语表达，清晰传达疾病原因、治疗计划、生活方式建议及预后情况，并鼓励病人提问，以建立信任、提升医疗质量。

关键要点

  • 解释诊断和治疗时应避免医学术语，使用病人能理解的日常语言（lay terms）。
  • 常用句型包括说明病因（You’re suffering from…）、治疗安排（I’ll arrange for you to…）和生活方式建议（You should try to give up…）。
  • 提供预后信息时需保持诚实但积极，如“I expect the treatment will…”或“You should remain optimistic.”
  • 每次解释后应主动邀请病人提问，例如“Do you have any questions?”以确保理解并增强医患沟通。
  • 结构化沟通涵盖诊断、治疗、生活建议、预后和问答五个关键环节，有助于减少误解和投诉。

小白老师说：Effective doctor-patient communication is a central clinical function in building a therapeutic doctor-patient relationship, which is the heart and art of medicine. This is important in the delivery of high-quality health care. Much patient dissatisfaction and many complaints are due to breakdown in the doctor-patient relationship. Today I’d like to introduct some skills of explaining diagnosis and management in Englsih.**

Explanations 如何向病人解释诊断结果

The final part of a medical consultation is the explanation which should cover:

1. 告知诊断的常用句型

  • You’re suffering from …
  • You’ve developed …
  • You have …
  • This is (mainly) because …
  • This is why …

2. 告知治疗方案的常用句型

  • I’ll make you an appointment with …
  • I’m going to start you on medication to …
  • I’m going to have you admitted to …
  • I’ll arrange for you to …
  • You’ll be given …
  • I expect you’ll have…
  • They may advise …

3. 如何给病人提一些改变生活方式的建议

  • The nurse will give you advice on …
  • You should try to give up …
  • I want you to …
  • It’s important that you …

4. 告知预后情况的常用句型

  • I expect the treatment will …
  • Hopefully we can …
  • We can never be absolutely certain about …
  • You should remain optimistic.

5. 给病人发问的机会

  • Do you have any questions?
  • Is there anything you’d like to ask?

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注意：要使用病人能听得懂的非专业术语

Explanations should be given in words the patient will understand, avoiding medical jargon. Using lay terms—words familiar to people without medical knowledge — can help patients understand explanations. For some common lay terms for conditions, parts of the body and medication, see the list below.

案例示范：向病人解释心绞痛

EXAMPLE — An explanation of angina

Having examined you, I’m confident that you’re suffering from angina.

The heart is a pump. The more you do physically, the harder it has to work. But as we get older, the blood vessels which supply oxygen to the heart begin to harden and get furred up, so they become narrower. They can’t supply all the oxygen the heart needs. The result is the pain you feel as angina.

Because you’re experiencing pain at rest as well as on exertion, I’m going to have you admitted to the coronary care unit right away so that your treatment can start at once. You’ll be given drugs to ease the pain and I expect you’ll have an angiogram. They may advise surgery or angioplasty—that’s a way of opening up the blood vessels to the heart so they can provide more oxygen.

You should try to give up smoking. You won’t be able to smoke at all in hospital so it’s a good time to stop.

I expect the treatment will improve your pain at least and may get rid of it completely. We can never be absolutely certain about the future but you should remain optimistic. Do you have any questions?

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常见问题

为什么向病人解释病情时要避免使用医学术语？

因为医学术语可能让非专业人士难以理解，使用通俗语言（lay terms）能帮助病人准确理解自身状况和治疗方案，从而提升依从性和满意度。

如何用英文告诉病人他需要住院？

可以说：“I’m going to have you admitted to the coronary care unit right away so that your treatment can start at once.” 这类表达既清晰又体现紧迫性。

在解释治疗预后时，医生应该如何措辞？

应平衡诚实与希望，例如使用“I expect the treatment will improve your pain”或“We can never be absolutely certain, but you should remain optimistic.”

向病人提生活方式建议时有哪些常用英文句型？

常用句型包括“You should try to give up smoking”、“It’s important that you eat more vegetables”或“The nurse will give you advice on diet and exercise.”

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