做个聪明的病人

Be a Smart Patient

要做聪明的病人不能消极被动，而是要拥有夏洛克·福尔摩斯般一流的头脑。聪明的病人能像名侦探一样提出巧妙的问题，会本能（并且有胆量）而又拐弯抹角地对他们不解的事实提出质疑。他们并不一定要熟知那些深奥的治疗细节，但至少需要费些心思来。了解自己的基本健康状况——就像打听驶往医院的方向一样。归根到底，

To be a smart patient, you can＇t be passive; you need to be a first-rate Sherlock Holmes. Like Holmes, smart patients ask intelligent questions and have the instincts （and guts） to politely challenge things they don＇t understand. They don＇t need to know the most esoteric medical details, but they need to put at least as much effort into finding out the basis about their health as they did in getting the driving directions to our office.