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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. AIDS was first recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in what year?

2. What word from Chapter 12 refers to a lack of effectiveness or success?

3. How tall was Robert DeMatteis?

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

5. How much did Robert DeMatteis weigh, according to the author in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conclusions did John Seidman reach regarding death and the dying?

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. What is the underlying influence for a person’s capacity for hope when facing terminal disease, according to the author in Chapter 11?

5. What does the author relate regarding one’s quality of life in the Epilogue?

6. How do accidents, suicide, and euthanasia differ from other causes of death, according to the author in Chapter 7?

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

8. How are viruses spread? What does the author use as an example in Chapter 9?

9. What are most often the immediate causes of death in cancer patients, according to the author in Chapter 10?

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

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

Describe and discuss the major components of the heart and their function. Which blood vessel most commonly causes infarct in the heart? How do the functions of the left and right sides of the heart differ? Where do most health problems arise first in the heart?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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