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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Psychiatry: The Mind-Body Problem.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What difficulty did patient Edwards have as a result of surgery?
(a) Motor skills.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Memory.
(d) Balance.

2. What does Konner say Dr. Ruskin bragged about having spent the weekend doing?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Playing golf.
(c) Chopping wood.
(d) Sleeping.

3. What did Konner think was unrealistic about the doctor he saw on TV?
(a) He was relentless in his pursuit of nurses.
(b) He cared about his patients.
(c) He got away with gross incompetence.
(d) He had no life outside the hospital.

4. What had Konner been before starting med school?
(a) An engineer.
(b) A sailor.
(c) A writer.
(d) A Harvard University professor.

5. What is intubation?
(a) Placing a tube into a patient's bladder.
(b) Placing a tube for intravenous fluids into a patient's arm.
(c) Placing a breathing tube into a patient's throat.
(d) Placing a tube into a patient's ear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Konner say the younger students do not have, which older students do?

2. What is the prognosis for the patients Konner sees under Dr. Burdick?

3. What kinds of experiences prevent medical students from looking forward to initial encounters with patients?

4. What kind of treatment was Katherine Ballard most interested in administering?

5. What was Freddy Robertson's role in the procedures that were performed?

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