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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 old was Robert DeMatteis, as described in Chapter 11?

2. When did symptoms indicate that Ishmael Garcia’s lungs were infected?

3. According to the author in Chapter 12, “Death belongs to the dying and” who?

4. What profession did Robert DeMatteis have?

5. It is suggested that Ishmael Garcia contracted HIV by what means?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is understanding the finite quality of life important, according to Dr. Sherwin B. Nuland?

2. How does the author describe the development of HIV and AIDS knowledge in the medical community in Chapter 8?

3. How is the progression of AIDS described in Chapter 9?

4. What case study does the author cite in discussing AIDS and HIV in the beginning of Chapter 8?

5. According to the author in Chapter 11, what is most often the influencing factor in treating the terminally ill?

6. How much money goes into the study of HIV, according to the author in Chapter 8? What have been the results of those studies?

7. What is the central message in Chapter 12? How is hope related to this message?

8. What does the author assert regarding assisted suicide for the elderly in Chapter 7?

9. What does the author caution the reader against in Chapter 12? Why?

10. What does the author state in regard to the stigma of AIDS and HIV in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the impact of the electrocardiogram on modern medicine and treatment. What developments have been made in the past 20 years? What other tests are commonly used today to detect heart muscle damage? How effective are each of these diagnostic tests?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the seven primary causes of death among the elderly, as presented in Chapter 4. Which of these causes is number one? Have the statistics for these causes changed since the publication of the book? According to the author, these seven causes will kill what percentage of the elderly population?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the World Health Organization. How is “death” defined by each of these organizations? How must death be accounted for? Why does Dr. Nuland refer to death as having been turned into a bureaucracy?

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