We can infer that when the patient heard her colleagues talking it was during the early evening
she had virtually given up trying to stay alive
she realized that she had a fatal illness
they were not allowed to go into her hospital room
she had difficulty understanding them
The old lady. lost her faith after her illness
was the most important member of the work team
was unable to receive visitors when she was ill
had been left to die by her doctors
worked in new fields of study in education
The writer concludes that in fighting illness, it is important to .. have friends and colleagues around you
be able to rely on your doctor
have a purpose in life
hear others speaking
have a lot of courage
40 DEBATE OVER THE WORLD'S FUTURE How many people can the earth hold? Will birth and death rates continue to 1 decline? Can food production keep pace with population growth? Can technology I supplement or replace today's resources? What are the long-term effects of pollution 1 on health, climate, and farm production? Debate over such issues has spawned I many volumes, as scholars look to the future with varying degrees of optimism and 1 gloom. In a lecture titled "The Terror of Change", Patricia Gulas Strauch cited three I aspects of our future about which there is little disagreement: the speed of change I will accelerate; the world will be increasingly complex; and nations and world issues I will be increasingly interdependent. Today's problems - which face Third World 1 megacities in particular - cannot be ignored by developed countries. We cannot look I to the past for solutions as there is no precedent for such growth. We are in 1 uncharted, challenging waters.
