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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 happened to Matthew?

2. Who is Richard Weir?

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

4. How does Sharon react to discussing Taylor's treatment?

5. How do Fran and Carey feel about their hospital doctor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Patrick's two worlds, described in Chapter 7?

2. What is Armando's condition, at the beginning of Chapter 4?

3. What is Teresa's family situation?

4. Who is Virginia Lennox?

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

6. What is Fran's treatment when she first arrives at Hermann?

7. What happened on the night that Armando was shot?

8. What question is the Committee facing in Chapter 1?

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

10. What is the Institutional Ethics Committee?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the Sparks, and the Poarches. What are the similarities in the way they handled their childrens' illnesses? What are the differences? Do you think either couple handled the decisions they had to make better than the other? If so, who? How did they handle life after Hermann? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Kenny Sparks was overwhelmed by the information he was given regarding his son, and two doctors were fighting over their opinions of what he should do. Should a doctor be allowed to give his or her personal opinion regarding what a patient's guardian should choose to do? Or should they simply give the patients' families medical information? In a case like Landon's, when the two doctors have such widely differing opinions, how should it be settled? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

The Ethics Committee has strict rules regarding when it is appropriate to withdraw a patient's life support. Do you agree with the rules and standards they have? Why or why not? Do you believe it is ever appropriate to withdraw life support from a patient? Why or why not? If you were the family of one of the patients at Hermann, what would you have done, and why? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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