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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. How many pregnant woman who are employed miss work because of morning sickness?

2. What were Christine Drury's hours when she was an overnight television anchorwoman?

3. How old was Eleanor Bratton when she had a red and swollen leg?

4. Where was Amy Fitzpatrick when she had her first bout with vomiting?

5. When did Gawande attend medical school?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the turn of the century, how did prominent physicians begin to win popular support for the practice of autopsy?

2. When did Lazaroff first learn what was wrong?

3. What is a core predicament in medicine?

4. What was Christine Drury's first job at Channel 13 News in Indianapolis?

5. Why were autopsies performed clandestinely in the West even in the nineteenth century?

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

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

8. Why couldn't Caselli be anesthetized lying down?

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

10. What did the surgery involve that Drury had in order to stop blushing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain what Gawande means when he says that medicine is a strange and disturbing business. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast diagnosis of illness and evaluation of tests using machines and using humans. Use examples from Complications.

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