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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 many pregnant woman who are employed miss work because of morning sickness?

2. What body part had to be amputated on the man with necrotizing fasciitis?

3. What were the chances that Caselli could have died during the gastric-bypass surgery?

4. By what age do most of the SIDS deaths occur?

5. How old was Iphigenia Jones when her doctor asked her whether she wanted a mastectomy or breast preserving treatment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the outcome when Noe was taken to court for the deaths of her children in 1998?

2. Why couldn't Caselli be anesthetized lying down?

3. What do studies show about the chances of obese adults and obese children to lose weight and keep it off?

4. Were Fitzpatrick's twins healthy when they were born?

5. What did the surgery involve that Drury had in order to stop blushing?

6. At the turn of the century, how did prominent physicians begin to win popular support for the practice of autopsy?

7. What does it mean that "there is an art to being a patient"?

8. What are some ways that people have gotten necrotizing fasciitis?

9. How incapacitated did Amy Fitzgerald become during her pregnancy?

10. What sometimes happens to those who decide not to undergo gastric-bypass surgery even if they qualify?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the book, argue whether child abuse can or cannot be proven using scientific methods.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the pros and cons of having doctors agree in advance what should be done in the uncertain situations that arise (spell out actions ahead of time to remove the guesswork and get some advantage of group decision). Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the pros and cons of automation in medicine and why some doctors believe medicine cannot be automated. Use examples from the book.

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