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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. The author states that he is entering what decade in his life in the Epilogue?
2. How tall was Robert DeMatteis?
3. How old was Robert DeMatteis, as described in Chapter 11?
4. When was Percival Pott born?
5. According to the author in Chapter 12, “The Hippocratic philosophy of medicine declares that nothing should be more important to a physician than” what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What author does Dr. Nuland cite in Chapter 12? Why?
2. According to the author in Chapter 11, what is most often the influencing factor in treating the terminally ill?
3. What made Robert DeMatteis memorable to Dr. Nuland as a patient?
4. What does the author state in regard to the stigma of AIDS and HIV in Chapter 8?
5. What article by Percival Pott is described in Chapter 10? What does Dr. Nuland conclude regarding the article?
6. What problems and diseases are associated with those infected with AIDS, according to the author in Chapter 9?
7. What is the central message in Chapter 12? How is hope related to this message?
8. What does Dr. Nuland suggest regarding the works of William Osler and Lewis Thomas in Chapter 7?
9. How do accidents, suicide, and euthanasia differ from other causes of death, according to the author in Chapter 7?
10. How does the author describe the development of HIV and AIDS knowledge in the medical community in Chapter 8?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and analyze mortality rates for the elderly in the past century. How has the lifespan of Americans evolved since 1900? What has caused this increase in the American lifespan? How has the extended lifespan of Americans affected the increase in Alzheimer’s disease?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Janet Whiting’s sequence of reactions to her husband’s diagnosis with Alzheimer’s disease. In what ways did Janet’s responses mimic those of grief? Give examples of how Phil’s wife employed both rationalization and denial as his symptoms presented themselves.
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