卫生类A级:完形填空 I Want My Mummy
When a child is ill in hospital, a parents first reaction is to be 1
them.
Most hospitals now allow parents to sleep 2with their child,providing a bed
or sofa on the ward.
But until the 1970s this 3 was not only frowned upon —it was actively
discouraged.
Staff worried that the children were upset when their parents 4 , and so
there was a blanket ban.
A concerned nurse, Pamela Hawthorn, disagreed and her study "Nurse! want my
mummy", published in 1974, 5 the face of paediatric nursing.
Professor Martin Johnson, professor of nursing at the University of
Salford, said that the work of 6 like Pamela had changed the face of patient
care.
"Pamelas study was done against the 7 of a lively debate in paediatrics
and psychology as to the degree women should spend with children in the outside
world and the degree to which they should be allowed to visit children in 8.
"The idea was that if mum came to 9a small child in hospital the child
would be upset and inconsolable for hours.
"Yet the nurse noticed that if mum did not come at10the child stayed in a
relatively stable state but they might be depressed.
"Of course we know now that they had almost, given 11 hope that mum was
ever coming back.
"To avoid a little bit of pain they said that no one should visit.
"But children were alone, and 12, so Hawthorn said parents should be
allowed to visit.
Dr Peter Carter, chief executive and general secretary of the Royal College
of Nursing, said her 13had been seminal.
"Her research put an end to the14 when parents handed their children over
to strangers at the door of the hospital ward.
"As a result of her work, parents and carers are now recognized as partners
in care and are 15 the opportunity to stay with their children while they are in
hospital, which has dramatically improved both parents and childrens
experience of care. "
1. A for B with C upon D against
2. A occasionally B soundly C overnightD overtime
3. A practice B exercise C thought D request
4. A stayedB criedC appeared D left
5. A lost B changed C studied D made
6. A professors B doctors C nursesD parents
7. A backgroundB history C fact D reality
8. A schoolB hospital C family D world
9. A take B control C persuade D visit
10. A once B will C all D large
11. A up B off C down D away
12. A relaxed B pleased C depressed D stable
13. A workB dream C issue D doubt
14. A hours B days C weeks D months
15. A refused B created C lent D afforded