Which evidence from the Newsela article "Health Benefits of Reading, Writing, Are Not Just for Patients" supports the central ideas that reading can help doctors to better treat their patients and that writing can help their patients heal?
Select the two correct answers.
Responses
"For example, think of fairy tales that teach moral lessons. Or religious texts that wrestle with valleys of despair and mountains of hope, or poetry that cleanses the writer’s soul."
"For example, think of fairy tales that teach moral lessons. Or religious texts that wrestle with valleys of despair and mountains of hope, or poetry that cleanses the writer’s soul."
“'If you have an experience and you sit down and write about it, you can pour that emotion out,' Harper says. Getting rid of these thoughts and emotions helps to find meaning in the death or the survival of a patient — and then allows you to move on with your life, he says."
“'If you have an experience and you sit down and write about it, you can pour that emotion out,' Harper says. Getting rid of these thoughts and emotions helps to find meaning in the death or the survival of a patient — and then allows you to move on with your life, he says."
"Harper says doctors who read stories are more understanding and, therefore, more compassionate or caring, more willing to listen to their patients’ stories."
"Harper says doctors who read stories are more understanding and, therefore, more compassionate or caring, more willing to listen to their patients’ stories."
"Coke points to books such as Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes. In that book the author writes about growing up poor in 1930s and ’40s Ireland."
"Coke points to books such as Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes. In that book the author writes about growing up poor in 1930s and ’40s Ireland."
The two correct answers that support the central ideas that reading can help doctors to better treat their patients and that writing can help their patients heal are:
1. "Harper says doctors who read stories are more understanding and, therefore, more compassionate or caring, more willing to listen to their patients’ stories."
This evidence suggests that reading stories helps doctors become more understanding and empathetic towards their patients, which can improve their ability to provide better treatment.
2. "“'If you have an experience and you sit down and write about it, you can pour that emotion out,' Harper says. Getting rid of these thoughts and emotions helps to find meaning in the death or the survival of a patient — and then allows you to move on with your life, he says."
This evidence explains how writing about their experiences can help doctors process and cope with the emotions related to patient outcomes, allowing them to find meaning and move forward in their own lives, which in turn can positively affect their patients' healing process.