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Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
Dr. Jones argues that telemedicine will provide "sustained improvement" at least to rural patient care, because it will allow rural physicians to televise medical examinations to specialists who are far away and otherwise inaccessible to rural patients. Dr. Carabella responds that, though this benefit might occur initially, smaller hospitals will eventually try to save money by replacing physicians with technicians who can televise most medical examinations to larger centers. Thus, fewer patients will be able to receive personal attention, and so both rural and urban patient care will see a decline in quality.
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Incorrect. Neither Dr. Jones nor Dr. Carabella takes a position on whether medical specialists "in general" offer better advice than rural physicians.
b
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Incorrect. Neither Dr. Jones nor Dr. Carabella claims that telemedicine technology will be installed only in rural areas.
c
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Incorrect. Neither Dr. Jones nor Dr. Carabella makes a clear statement about how widely telemedicine will be adopted, and how soon. For all we know, telemedicine is a technology still under development whose effects are being discussed hypothetically by these doctors.
d
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Incorrect. Neither Dr. Jones nor Dr. Carabella comments on how likely the patients who "most need" advice from specialists are to get it through telemedicine.
e
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Correct. The disagreement between Dr. Jones and Dr. Carabella is about the "sustained' or long-term effects of telemedicine technology on medical care for rural patients.