They often have to enlighten and persuade the patient, so patients feel calm, with the right attitude to look at the child's birth.

还要经常对病人进行开导和劝解，让患者心情恢复平静，用正确的态度来看待孩子的出生。

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Though the doctor advised his patient to give up smoking, yet he wasn't able to persuade him to do so.

虽然医生建议病人把烟戒掉，但是，他没有能够说服他这样做。

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Professor David Sharpe, a consultant plastic surgeon based at Bradford Royal Infirmary, said he had failed to persuade medical insurance companies to pay for breast reduction surgery even in cases where it was obvious that the patient required the operation on medical grounds.

BBC: Surgery