The occasion for this essay is this month's cover story, which focuses on a terrifying illness. It describes the public health aspects of, mainstream and alternative treatments for, and possibilities of combining traditional Chinese medicine with modern medicine to combat, this dreaded illness.
事實上，這期封面專題就是有關我們的故事，從公共衛生、醫病知識、另類治療等不同的角度去探討一個令人驚恐、痛苦，甚至絕望的疾病。