E2School Lesson 8: Practise Your Reading

Results are loaded Lesson 8: Practise Your Reading Total Score: 0.00 / 100.00 Last Access: Now that you've mastered the vocabulary, it's time to practise Reading Click Next to read an article about medication and answer the questions. Return to Video Back Viewing 1 of 5 Next Close Back Next Close Viewing 1 of 5 Results are loading Lesson 8: Practise Your Reading Total Score: 0.00 / 100.00 Last Access: Prescription or profit? A The relationship between pharmaceutical companies and doctors is a complex but important one. Certainly, without these drug companies, there wouldn’t be as many medicines available for people to purchase. The history of medicine is full of businesses that have invested in research and development, to create better quality cures for illness. B However, major pharmaceutical companies now have thousands of sales representatives that visit doctors at their medical centers to promote their products. Their goal is to convince these doctors to prescribe the companies' drugs to their patients. Doctors are regularly offered free drug samples, expensive meals at top restaurants, tickets to musicals and even holidays. As a result, doctors may choose to recommend medicines that provide them with financial benefits, even if those drugs are not the best value for patients. In some cases, doctors may prescribe drugs that the patient doesn’t need. C The responsibility of doctors is to only recommend drugs to their patients when they need them. As a result, they need to make ethical judgements and not be influenced and pressured by the multinational companies. Medical professionals should think first of the patient’s health, and all other considerations later. At times, this relationship between sales reps and the medical world makes doctors choose between what is best for their patients and what is best for their own bank accounts. Return to Video Complete the sentences with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the text. Return to Video Gap Fill (Text) Back Viewing 2 of 5 Next Close Back Next Close Viewing 2 of 5 Results are loading Lesson 8: Practise Your Reading Total Score: 0.00 / 100.00 Last Access: Prescription or profit? A The relationship between pharmaceutical companies and doctors is a complex but important one. Certainly, without these drug companies, there wouldn’t be as many medicines available for people to purchase. The history of medicine is full of businesses that have invested in research and development, to create better quality cures for illness. B However, major pharmaceutical companies now have thousands of sales representatives that visit doctors at their medical centers to promote their products. Their goal is to convince these doctors to prescribe the companies' drugs to their patients. Doctors are regularly offered free drug samples, expensive meals at top restaurants, tickets to musicals and even holidays. As a result, doctors may choose to recommend medicines that provide them with financial benefits, even if those drugs are not the best value for patients. In some cases, doctors may prescribe drugs that the patient doesn’t need. C The responsibility of doctors is to only recommend drugs to their patients when they need them. As a result, they need to make ethical judgements and not be influenced and pressured by the multinational companies. Medical professionals should think first of the patient’s health, and all other considerations later. At times, this relationship between sales reps and the medical world makes doctors choose between what is best for their patients and what is best for their own bank accounts. Return to Video Complete the sentences with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the text. Return to Video Gap Fill (Text) Back Viewing 3 of 5 Next Close Back Next Close Viewing 3 of 5