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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. When was Marie Noe giving birth to her children?

2. In court, how many children did Noe say that she had killed?

3. What time did the retired New England doctor pass away?

4. Where did Drury go to college?

5. Who wrote "The Silent World of Doctor and Patient"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the dissecting room and location where Gawande observed an autopsy.

2. What may cause babies to die from SIDS?

3. What sometimes happens to those who decide not to undergo gastric-bypass surgery even if they qualify?

4. What are some ways that people have gotten necrotizing fasciitis?

5. What was the outcome when Noe was taken to court for the deaths of her children in 1998?

6. How incapacitated did Amy Fitzgerald become during her pregnancy?

7. What was it like for Bratton to be in the hyperbaric chamber?

8. When Gawande was seeing patients with a surgery professor, what words surprised him?

9. What physical changes did Drury experience after her surgery to stop blushing?

10. What is a core predicament in medicine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the physician's dodge and why Gawande believes that it is a necessary part of medical training.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the dilemma that is posed by the necessity for doctors to learn how to treat patients and the necessity for good patient care. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from Complications, argue whether the belief in superstitions is anecdotal or scientific.

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