A Critique Of 'Family Medical Histories: A Proven Lifesaver'
In the speech titled 'Family Medical Histories: A Proven Lifesaver' the author, Steven Harris, puts forward that the medical profession does not pay enough attention to the patient's family medical histories. He argues this lack of attention is the culprit in the misdiagnosis of hundreds of patients as most are hereditary diseases. Much truth lies in the argument posed by Harris because there have been genetic links found between generations of carriers of diseases. However, Harris overlooks other scenarios for the contraction of the diseases mentioned in the article.The doctors of Gilda Radner, better known as Saturday Night Lives' Roseann Roseanna Danna, and her husband believe that if she had known about the cancer she had was hereditary then her death could have been prevented. To indicate the extent of danger posed by hereditary diseases according to U.S. News and World Report is, "...if lung cancer runs in your family, your risk (to contract a it due hereditary) increases by 300 percent." The links unearthed by genetic scientists in the world of medicine relate a staggering percentage of deadly diseases to hereditary. Further evidence of this link is a study conducted by the New York State Journal of Medicine reports, "...
Harris enforces his argument by providing background on the topic of hereditary transfer of killing diseases. He states that, "...the National Institutes of Health are working to isolate all of the body's 50,000 to 100,000 genes and match them to a specific diseases..." in order to make his audience aware of the importance of relationship between the diseases and hereditary. He continues further and states some statistics of hereditary transmitted diseases from researches conducted by the U.S. News and World Report. From research, he mentions several examples of diseases found to have genetic links such as diabetes, stroke, mental illness, alcoholism, allergies, arthritis, sickle cell anemia and high blood pressure. He adds more research findings on the link by briefly giving the results of a research conducted by the University of Utah. that only four of sixty four hospitals indicated familial recurrence of cancer on medical chart..." Yet another proof is a study conducted by the same researchers as above, thereafter, the solutions to the problem are laid out. The suggested solution is the construction of a family tree detailing the family's medical hist! In conclusion, it must be said that Harris makes calculated move in order to make his argument flow and to flow in such a way that his audience can keep up with. It seems as if he reaches a point of consubstantiation with his audience; however, I feel that this is not t
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Approximate Word count = 966
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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