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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Drury go to have surgery to stop her blushing?

2. At what time did the retired New England doctor's wife make it to the hospital once his illness was determined to be fatal?

3. When was one of the earliest forensic examinations performed?

4. What color cast did Gawande's daughter Hattie get when she broke her forearm?

5. During what week in Fitzpatrick's pregnancy was she able to eat an odd selection of four things in sliver-size portions?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was it like for Bratton to be in the hyperbaric chamber?

2. What physical changes did Drury experience after her surgery to stop blushing?

3. When Gawande was seeing patients with a surgery professor, what words surprised him?

4. What types of situations made Drury blush?

5. What sometimes happens to those who decide not to undergo gastric-bypass surgery even if they qualify?

6. What does it mean that "there is an art to being a patient"?

7. What is a core predicament in medicine?

8. What does Gawande say was the relationship between doctor and patient over a decade ago?

9. Why were autopsies performed clandestinely in the West even in the nineteenth century?

10. Why did Gawande and others suspect abuse when they saw a two-month-old boy whose face had been badly scalded?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the pros and cons of automation in medicine and why some doctors believe medicine cannot be automated. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book, compare and contrast the doctor's and patient's role in making treatment decisions.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how and why autopsy can be used as a tool in medicine.

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