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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 refers to knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application?
2. What are the most common neurological problems associated with HIV?
3. Virology is a sub-specialty of what scientific study?
4. When did symptoms indicate that Ishmael Garcia’s lungs were infected?
5. What word from Chapter 10 refers to the transference of malignant or cancerous cells to other parts of the body by way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the author state regarding dignity in death in the Epilogue?
2. What does the author assert regarding assisted suicide for the elderly in Chapter 7?
3. What author does Dr. Nuland cite in Chapter 12? Why?
4. How are viruses spread? What does the author use as an example in Chapter 9?
5. What made Robert DeMatteis memorable to Dr. Nuland as a patient?
6. What article by Percival Pott is described in Chapter 10? What does Dr. Nuland conclude regarding the article?
7. How do accidents, suicide, and euthanasia differ from other causes of death, according to the author in Chapter 7?
8. What problems and diseases are associated with those infected with AIDS, according to the author in Chapter 9?
9. What did Dr. Nuland conclude of his decisions regarding his brother’s care in Chapter 11?
10. What conclusions did John Seidman reach regarding death and the dying?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Discuss the body’s need for oxygen and the symptoms and prognosis for shock. What is the significance of the quote, “man is an obligate aerobe”? How much blood is lost before a person enters the state of shock? How does the injury itself (i.e.: where the individual is losing blood from) affect the prognosis?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the case study of Irv Lipsiner in Chapter 1. Why does Lipsiner stand apart as an anomaly? What was his history with heart problems? How did he recover from cardiac collapse?
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