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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 did the article Konner find in his last week of surgery argue?
(a) America's standard of care was lower than most industrial nations'.
(b) Science came before patients in medical schools.
(c) Pharmaceutical companies were paying doctors to perform unsafe procedures.
(d) Malpractice insurance was raising the cost of everyone's care.

2. Which is NOT one of the four laws of medicine?
(a) Learn by experimenting.
(b) Never call a surgeon.
(c) Keep doing things that work.
(d) Do nothing if you don't know.

3. What procedure did Konner participate in with David Milano?
(a) Exploratory surgery.
(b) Heart surgery.
(c) Removing surgical stitches.
(d) Herniography.

4. What does Konner say is typical of brain disease?
(a) Aggression.
(b) Suicidal thoughts.
(c) Depression.
(d) Identity loss.

5. How does Konner characterize shock therapy?
(a) Ineffectual.
(b) Non-invasive.
(c) Mild compared with surgery.
(d) Violent and dehumanizing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What comment about Charlotte was red-penciled off her chart?

2. Where was the woman on the stretcher sent after Konner and his colleagues saw her in ER?

3. Why did Konner's procedure with the woman with gonorrhea take five times longer than the procedure should have taken?

4. In whose eye did Konner see a compassionate tear?

5. What did Konner suffer from on his trip to Galen the day after his ob/gyn rotation?

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