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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Conclusion: Healing Artisans.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the diagnosis for patient Edie?
(a) Traumatic brain injury.
(b) Manic-depression.
(c) Early-onset Alzheimers.
(d) Brain cancer.

2. What had happened to the woman who was rolled into the ER?
(a) Stabbing.
(b) Drug overdose.
(c) Car accident.
(d) Pregnancy complications.

3. What objection does Konner make to the training of physicians?
(a) They are taught to consider human health, but the system really teaches them to make money and get out quick.
(b) They are expected to master an enormous set of shifting facts.
(c) They are not generally involved in the lives of the patients they are treating.
(d) They are taught to focus on the bureaucratic profile of a case, not the human experience.

4. How does Konner say Dr. Downing responded to the woman whose sixty-five year old mother had just died?
(a) No sympathy.
(b) Deep personal concern.
(c) Hostility.
(d) Indifference.

5. What luxury did Konner's relationship with Dr. Haley allow him?
(a) He could take more time off.
(b) He could make more money.
(c) He could diagnose patients by himself.
(d) He could rely on Dr. Haley when he was uncertain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Konner's status during the anecdote that opens the book?

2. Who was the surgeon in the operation on patient Laura?

3. How does Konner characterize his work with Dr. Haley?

4. What condition does Konner's Uncle Dave suffer?

5. What did the residents explain to the daughter of the woman suffering with terminal cancer?

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