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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. What were surgeons going to correct in patient Laura's laparotomy?

2. What part of child birth didn't Konner like?

3. What was Ringler's approach to his patients?

4. What was Konner nominated for?

5. What was Harrison's specialty?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the laparotomy Konner assisted in.

2. What does Konner say Dr. Suskauer recommended for delivering babies?

3. How does Konner describe his reasons for not practicing?

4. What controversy surrounded patient Geraldine's death?

5. What was unique about Konner's first week in obstetrics?

6. What is RPTA, and how did it affect Konner?

7. What condition was patient Charlotte suffering from?

8. How did Konner disagree with Charlotte's doctor's treatment plan?

9. How does Konner characterize the medical experience of working in obstetrics?

10. How did Konner spend non-surgical afternoons in gynecology?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the qualities Konner admires in the doctors he works with? How do these doctors protect these traits in the profit-driven and pressure-driven hospital environment? How do they teach Konner and the other medical students to protect the human quality of medical care?

Essay Topic 2

What emotionally difficult experiences does he learn to handle, in his time in med school? What are his coping mechanisms? How does he deal, for instance, with the desire for profit among doctors and insurance companies? How does he deal with the bureaucratic complications in getting patients cared for? How does he deal with the problems of other people's personalities, and authorities?

Essay Topic 3

Konner's book was published in 1987, before a lot of 'gene therapies' were explored and developed. How do you think Konner would respond to the new science of genetics, which tries to explain human behavior through genetic analysis?

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