The doctor is being paternalistic. He's deciding what information the patient needs to know.

那位医生很专断，患者需要了解什么信息全由他说了算。

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Now the JDC helps with fund-raising, but Hodes still digs into his own pocket when a patient needs bus fare or a meal.

如今，由美裔犹太人联合分配委员会(JDC)帮助筹集资金。 但当赫德看到有病人需要路费或饭钱时，他仍然自己掏腰包。

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Often before one is diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, the patient needs to go through an interview with a psychiatrist.

在一个病人被诊断为慢性疲劳综合症之前，他往往需要和精神病医师会见一次。

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Treatments are based on the condition and needs of each patient.

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The computer program continuously takes in data from a glucose monitor inserted into a patient's vein and calculates the dose of artificial insulin that needs to be infused through an insulin pump.

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Whether a patient needs a patch from a bovine or a boa is determined by the injury.

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He says that in this case electophysiologists should be making the final determination if the patient needs the device.

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