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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Gawande say his father’s chance of being paralyzed by surgery were?
(a) 1 in 6
(b) 1 in 10.
(c) 1 in 4.
(d) 1 in 20.
2. How does Gawande say he answered when his patient’s family asked if his patient was dying?
(a) He lied and said no.
(b) He could only explain all the variables.
(c) He could not answer.
(d) He could not bring himself to tell the truth.
3. What is moksha?
(a) Assurance of justice.
(b) Liberation from earthly life.
(c) Release from suffering.
(d) Forgiveness for sins.
4. What was Sara Monopoli’s strategy for making treatment decisions?
(a) Most tolerable treatment.
(b) Aggressive management.
(c) Minimal invasiveness.
(d) Maximum quality of life.
5. How does Gawande characterize the phase of cultural development we are in, with regard to care for the sick and dying?
(a) More medicalized.
(b) Transitional.
(c) More spiritualized.
(d) More institutional.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was Thomas’ explanation for the decline in the death rate?
2. What did Gawande’s mother want for her husband, when he was dying?
3. What is the typical requirement for a patient to enter hospice care?
4. What was the effect of Thomas’ first project?
5. When did Bill Thomas take over as director of the Chase Memorial Nursing Home?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Gawande say that end-of-life care costs affect the American medical system?
2. What does Gawande say goes into a “comfort pack” (162)?
3. How does Gawande say that dealing with elderly patients changed his medical approach?
4. How does Gawande characterize his daughter’s piano teacher Peg Bachelder’s final days?
5. What triumph of Gawande’s was Gawande’s father able to witness, in his declining health?
6. What does Gawande say are the advantages of the New Bridge on the Charles retirement community?
7. What does Gawande say was the mistake his father made in his medical care?
8. What effect did Thomas’ changes have on the residents?
9. How does Gawande characterize the work that remains to be done in medicine?
10. What are the three stages Gawande describes in medical development countries go through?
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