参考译文：

　　How can doctors learn to be honest with their patients? More training about how to communicate with patients about their health is critical—especially when it comes to delivering bad news. Doctors may not tell the anxious patients the slightly abnormal results of a lab test, if it has no impact on the patient’s health.Conversely, they might exaggerate a normal result in hopes of motivating a patient to take better care of himself. Patients also need to be clear and certain about how honest they want their doctors to be. Communication is a two-way street, after all, even in the doctor’s office.

　　词句点拨

　　1. 极其重要的 critical

　　2. 尤其是在告知(deliver)坏消息时 when it comes to delivering bad news. (注：注意come to的用法。come to sth. 其中的一个意思就是“当达到某种状况(尤指不好的状况)时”。)

　　3. 如果检查结果对病人的健康没有影响的话，医生们可能不会把略有异常的实验室检查结果告诉给焦虑的病人。Doctors may not tell the anxious patients the slightly abnormal results of a lab test, if it has no impact on the patient’s health.(注：注意这句话的翻译顺序，及检查结果重复出现时，翻译时可译为it。)

　　4. 希望能刺激病人更好地照顾自己 in hopes of motivating a patient to take better care of himself

　　5. 清楚并确定 be clear and certain

　　6. 双向的 a two-way stree