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3 Hospital Admission
In this unit, students are able to:
• get and report patients’ personal information for admission.
• use acceptable grammatical system of collocation to complete a
letter of referral.
• write a letter of referral.
Lead in
Depending on the circumstances, a patient can be divided into three categories. Discuss these three types of
patients in the box below with your partner.
Type of Patients Charateristics
an outpatient
a day-patient
an inpatient
Listening
a Before listening to a conversation about hospital admission, match each term with its
definition in the box below. Write the correct letter in the space provided.
a. appendix b. nut c. pneumonia
d. aspirin e. kin f. medication
g. allergic h. chest x-ray i. arthritis
1. ______ a substance used for medical treatment, especially a medicine or drug
2. ______ having an allergy to a substance
3. ______ a fruit consisting of a hard or tough shell around an edible kernel
4. ______ painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints
a tube-shaped sac attached to and opening into the lower end of the large intestine in
5.
______ humans and some other mammals
a synthetic compound used medicinally to relieve mild or chronic pain and to reduce
6.
______ fever and inflammation
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