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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 is Oria Dismuke described?

2. How does Patrick feel about the hospital?

3. How often do patients' families follow the advice of the ethics committee?

4. What is the problem with Taylor being on a ventilator?

5. What does Teresa want to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Institutional Ethics Committee?

2. Why do Fran and Carey want to take Taylor off of the ventilator?

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

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

5. What is the situation of the Poarch family at the end of Chapter 2?

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

7. What is Teresa's family situation?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Belkin mentions that elder care is a great burden on the medical system, and some have suggested that care be rationed to the elderly. How do you feel about this suggestion? Is it a financially practical option for the health care system? Why or why not? Why is it such a controversial idea? What would the benefits and drawbacks of such a system be? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

The Ethics Committee is comprised of people from a variety of backgrounds, some non-medical. Do you think this is a good thing, or a bad thing? Should the Ethics Committee be composed entirely of medically-trained individuals, since they are making medical decisions? Or do the individuals with non-medical backgrounds contribute something just as important to the Ethics Committee's decision-making process? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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