旧prep cr 35 在线等回复

emilyz0301

It is illegal to advertiseprescription medications in Hedland except directly to physicians, either bymail or in medical journals.  A proposedlaw would allow general advertising of prescription medications.  Opponents object that the general populationlacks the specialized knowledge to evaluate such advertisements and might asktheir physicians for inappropriate medications. But since physicians have the final say as to whether to prescribe amedication for a patient, inappropriate prescriptions would not become morecommon.

Which of the following would it bemost useful to establish in order to evaluate the argument?

(A) Whether advertising forprescription medications might alert patients to the existence of effectivetreatments for minor ailments that they had previously thought to beuntreatable

(B) Whether some people might go toa physician for no reason other than to ask for a particular medication theyhave seen advertised

(C) Whether the proposed law requiresprescription-medication advertisements directed to the general public toprovide the same information as do advertisements directed to physicians

(D) Whether advertisements forprescription medications are currently an important source of information aboutnewly available medications for physicians

(E) Whether physicians would give in to a patient's demand for aprescription medication chosen by the patient when the one originallyprescribed by the physician fails to perform as desired

这道题我错选成了C，应该选E。我明白E为什么对，可是我觉得C也有点道理呀，就是如果医生和病人收到的信息是一样的话，可能医生也会犯错误呀，因此也削弱的文章结论呀

sdcar2010

C has no impact if you do not know how the doctor reacts to E.

emilyz0301

我觉得C、E没什么关系呀

sdcar2010

Chinese laws look the same to a rich guy and a poor guy. But if the judge would yield to the demand of the rich guy, who cares about whether the laws are sounded the same to both!

Summer明明

反对者说the general populationlacks the specialized knowledge to evaluate such advertisements ，医生是有辨别能力的，因此同样的信息，医生可以看出此药好不好。病人看了广告，以为药好，就让医生开，而医生知道此药对他究竟有没有用关键点在于知道此药对他没用的时候医生还会不会开处方

nrnr

The premise to refute the claim that "general population can ask for inpropoer medication" and support the conclusion that "inappropriate prescriptions would not become more common" is that "doctors have final say over the presciption". To evaluate if this argument is sound or not, we will have to consider whether the doctor has the final say over the prescription. What if the doctor gives in and accepts patient's idea, the doctor will not have final say and thus the conclusion will be invalid.

nrnr

As for answer C, no matter it is true or not, it does not pose direct influence over whether the physician has the final say or not. It may cause indirect influence, but this is not in the scope of the discussion here. We should always look at the question stem and only use the information inside to make the judgement.