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Kim Do is a public health professional with 20 years of experience working in TB (肺结核). He works closely with TB patients, many of whom are also dealing with issues such as homelessness, substance abuse, and poverty in his role with the Los Angeles County TB Control Program.
One of his main activities is conducting interviews with TB patients who are experiencing homelessness to identify people who may have been exposed to TB by the patient. Kim works tirelessly to find out "who their friends are, when was the last time they lived with their sisters, brothers, if the sisters are married, if they have children. If we hear that they have young children, we are going to put a lot of focus on the children," explains Kim.
Kim has found that those who are experiencing homelessness may have been promised a lot in the past, but those promises aren’t always kept. An important part of his job is building relationships with patients. As Kim says, "After all, the patient is everything. If we don't have a good relationship with them, they are not going to observe the TB treatment. "
One of the most challenging parts of the job is explaining to patients the importance of TB treatment. It’s especially difficult when it is patients with potential TB infection (传染), who do not have signs and symptoms of TB. "But it's so extremely important for them to be on treatment so that we can prevent them from breaking down with TB disease later on," explains Kim.
"The local TB program plays a major role in TB elimination(消除).When you have good effective local TB program, you are going to affect the state level, and eventually you're going to affect the nation. And eventually you are going to affect the world, says Kim.
1.Why does Kim conduct interviews with TB patients?
A.To ask the address for their friends.
B.To find out who are potential TB patients.
C.To figure out the marriage status of the patients.
D.To learn the information of their sisters and brothers.
2.What can we infer from the third paragraph?
A.The homeless always refuse the treatment.
B.TB affects relationship between patients and doctors.
C.Kim is encouraged to keep a good relationship with patients.
D.Cooperation between patients and doctors is vital to the treatment.
3.Which of the following is the toughest of Kim’s job?
A.Explaining to patients the way of TB treatment.
B.Making patients attach importance to TB treatment.
C.Persuading the potential TB patients to stay at home.
D.Preventing patients from breaking down with TB disease.
4.What’s Kim’s attitude towards the local TB program?
A.Approving. B.Suspicious. C.Uncaring. D.Complex.
