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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. Who is the chairman of the Institutional Ethics Committee?
(a) Richard Weir.
(b) Lin Weeks.
(c) Sally Olsen.
(d) Shannon Crandell.

2. Who are the people at the meeting in Chapter 3?
(a) Specialists who are consulting about Patrick's treatment.
(b) Financial administrators at the hospital.
(c) Renowned pediatricians from other hospitals.
(d) People who know Patrick best.

3. How often do patients' families follow the advice of the ethics committee?
(a) Never.
(b) Always.
(c) Rarely.
(d) Usually.

4. What happens to Patrick's line, as a result of his tampering?
(a) Nothing, but the hospital staff are angry with him.
(b) It is disconnected, and they try to find another way to deliver his medications.
(c) It gets increasingly infected, and needs to be replaced.
(d) It breaks, and he goes into cardiac arrest.

5. What is Taylor's biggest health problem?
(a) Underdeveloped lungs.
(b) Leukemia.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Cerebral palsy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sharon Crandell act the way she does with her patients and their families?

2. Why does Patrick do things to his IV line?

3. What decision is made, in Chapter 7, regarding Patrick?

4. What disease does Patrick have?

5. In what year did Teresa have her children?

Short Essay Questions

1. What factors must the Ethics Committee consider in deciding how to treat Patrick?

2. Why did Armando leave Fort Worth to go to Madisonville?

3. What is the composition of the Ethics Committee?

4. What is Oria Dismuke's relationship with Patrick?

5. Why does Teresa feel that her son is happy?

6. What is the purpose of the Ethics Committee?

7. What is the Institutional Ethics Committee?

8. What happens to Fran at the end of May?

9. How is Taylor's appearance described at the beginning of Chapter 6?

10. What is the treatment for Patrick's condition?

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