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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. Who took over the anesthesiology after Dr. Ramirez was finished bagging and intubating a patient?
(a) A nurse.
(b) The surgeon.
(c) A nurse-anesthesiologist.
(d) The patient's mother.

2. What distinguished Peter Byron's patient care?
(a) He was incompetent and his heavy drinking obscured his medicine.
(b) He was brusque and aloof.
(c) He was gentle and non-disruptive.
(d) He went out of his way to take care of his patients and their families.

3. Where was Melvin Konner a medical student?
(a) Bay State Hospital.
(b) Galen Memorial Hospital.
(c) Beth Israel Hospital.
(d) Kings County Hospital.

4. For how long has Konner wanted to study medicine?
(a) Since high school.
(b) Since middle school.
(c) All his life.
(d) Since college.

5. What is the prognosis for the patients Konner sees under Dr. Burdick?
(a) They will likely spend the rest of their lives in and out of hospitals.
(b) They can be released after a talking cure identifies and cures their neurosis.
(c) They will not return to normal lives.
(d) They may improve and be discharged with drugs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which is NOT one of the four laws of medicine?

3. What does Konner say Dr. Ruskin bragged about having spent the weekend doing?

4. Where do first-year medical students' clinical experiences take place?

5. How does Konner say anesthesiologists view surgeons?

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