REGRESSION OF CANCER AFTER INTENSIVE MEDITATION FOLLOWED BY DEATH
REGRESSION OF CANCER AFTER INTENSIVE MEDITATION FOLLOWED BY DEATH
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密集冥想后癌症消退，随后死亡
DOI：
10.5694/j.1326-5377.1977.tb117716.x
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发表时间：
1977
影响因子：
11.4
通讯作者：
A. Meares
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作者：
A. Meares
辐射单位将在1978年1月1日成为SI（IIY）。社会用来衡量对其成员重要的数量的单位，无论是土地、金钱、长度、时间还是辐射量，都是文化价值的反映。测量和单位是生活方式的一部分，没有充分的理由就改变它们是在引起反应。自公制委员会指定之日起：1居里（Ci）等于3·7 × 10 - 0贝克勒尔（Bq）或1千兆贝克勒尔（GBq），1辐射吸收剂量（rad）等于0·01格雷（戈伊），1伦琴（R）等于2·58 × 10- 1库仑/千克。人们不得不承认，除以100或乘以3·7并不是伟大的智力壮举。然而，澳大利亚医院核医学实践的缺点是相当大的。I.包括澳大利亚原子能委员会在内的国际公司将把居里作为一个单位，以便在国际上销售产品。英国和澳大利亚是少数采用国际单位制的国家之一。如果是这样的话，一个双重的单位制将不可避免地开始实施，这无疑与十进制委员会的期望背道而驰。2.测量设备以旧单位校准，在处方患者剂量时可能会出现转录错误。日本或美国的制造商不太可能为了娱乐米制委员会而改变他们的设计，因此，这种原因造成的严重错误的风险将可能持续数年。3.据推测，电子伏特将被保留。为什么以一致性的名义，这一点不能改变？我只能假设很难找到一个方便的替代品。4.什么是辐射剂量当量人（rem）的特殊单位，更重要的是，什么是医用内辐射剂量（MIRD）表？为方便使用者，请计量委员会将下列各项翻译成国际单位制：平衡剂量常数，即克辐射吸收剂量微居里小时（g。辐射吸收剂量（m. rad/11 Ci·h）;累积放射性微居里小时（11 Ci/h）;人们可以想象，MIRD委员会不会去SI。如果委员会不能提供正式的对等机构，那么个人是否很有可能任意选择自己的对等机构？5.可以指出的是，与微小的微居里相比，“kilorkillajbec”一词具有危险剂量的侵略性含义，这可能会不必要地引起患者的恐慌。一些医学专家可能对算术程序感兴趣，但这些操作的后果影响到病人的福利和安全以及医疗费用。因此，不可避免地，这种转变的后果是，而且应该是，整个专业的合法关注。也许，像其他保守职业的成员一样，比如水手，他们将保留绳结，我们可以继续使用居里，拉德或伦琴。皇家珀斯医院，IVOR调查员。Box X 2213 G.P.O.，西澳大利亚州珀斯6001.
SIR: Radiation units are to become SI (lIy) by January I, 1978. The units with which societies measure quantities that are of importance to their members, be they quantities of land, money, length, time, or radiation, are a reflection of cultural values. Measurements and units are part of a way of life, and to change them without adequate reason is to invite reaction. From the day appointed by the Metrication Board: one curie (Ci) is equal to 3·7x 10'0 bequerels (Bq) or one giga bequerel (GBq), one radiation absorbed dose (rad) is equal to 0·01 grays (Gy), one roentgen (R) is equal to 2·58 x 10-' coulomb/kg. One has to agree that to divide by 100 or multiply by 3·7 is no great intellectual feat. However, the disadvantage to Australian hospital nuclear medicine practice is considerable. I. International companies, including the Australian Atomic Energy Commission, will keep the curie as a unit, in order to market products internationally. The United Kingdom and Australia are among the few countries to adopt the SI system for radiation units. If this is so, a dual system of units will, of necessity, come into operation, no doubt contrary to the expectations of the Metrication Board. 2. Measuring devices are calibrated in the old units, leaving the way open to transcription errors in prescribing patient doses. It is unlikely that Japanese, or American, manufacturers will change their designs for the amusement of the Metrication Board, so the risk of serious errors from this cause will be possible for several years. 3. Presumably the electron volt is to be retained. Why in the name of consistency is this not to be changed? I can only assume it is too difficult to find a convenient alternative. 4. What of the special unit of radiation dose equivalent man (rem), and even more so, what of the medical internal radiation dose (MIRD) tables? Will the Metrication Board kindly translate for the convenience of the users, the following into SI units: equilibrium dose constant, that is, gram radiation absorbed dose microcurie hour (g. rad/llCi h); cumulated activity microcurie hour (llCi/h); radiation absorbed dose (m.radj/rnicrocurie (llCi). The MIRD Committee, one imagines, is not going SI. If the Board cannot provide formal equivalents, then is there not a considerable possibility of individuals arbitrarily choosing their own equivalents? 5. It can be pointed out that the word "kilorkillajbec" has aggressive connotations of a dangerous dose, compared to the diminutive microcuries, and this may well alarm patients unnecessarily. The arithmetical procedures may be of interest to a few medical specialists, but the consequences of these manipulations affect the welfare and safety of patients, and the costs of medical treatment. Thus, inevitably, the consequences of this conversion are, and should be, the legitimate concern of the profession as a whole. Perhaps, like the members of other conservative professions, such as sailors, who will retain the knot, we could continue with the curie, rad, or roentgen. Royal Perth Hospital, IVOR SURVEYOR. Box X 2213 G.P.O., Perth, W.A. 6001.