Young D S
JAMA. 1978 Oct 6;240(15):1618-21.
The international System of Units (SI) has not yet been accepted by American physicians because of reluctance to convert to a new system and the corresponding need for relearning. The impetus to introduce the SI came from European laboratory scientists; the system was later accepted (not always enthusiastically) by physicians after the same objections now voiced by their US counterparts were overcome. Now that many American laboratory scientists are actively studying and assessing the benefits of SI, we may have begun the chain of events that will lead to general acceptance by physicians in the United States.
国际单位制（SI）尚未被美国医生所接受，原因是他们不愿改用新系统以及相应地需要重新学习。引入国际单位制的动力来自欧洲的实验室科学家；后来，在克服了现在美国同行所表达的同样反对意见之后，医生们（并非总是热情地）接受了该系统。既然许多美国实验室科学家正在积极研究和评估国际单位制的益处，我们或许已经开启了一系列将导致美国医生普遍接受该系统的事件。
