Medical Humanities Exam 2 UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Leon Kass warns against three "false goals of medicine." What are these three false goals? -
CORRECT ANSWER Insatiable drive toward happiness or pleasure.
Social adjustment and creating a healthy society.
Prolonging life indefinitely or escaping death all together.
The restoration of wholeness in a patient whose identity and social life have become
fragmented is a definition attributed to who? - CORRECT ANSWER Eric Cassell
Who is associated with the BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL model of medicine? - CORRECT
ANSWER George Engel
"All mental processes are brain processes. The brain is the organ of the mind. Where else
could [mental illness] be if not in the brain... Schizophrenia is a disease like pneumonia.
Seeing it as a brain disorder destigmatizes it immediately." From your reading, you know that
this quote is attributed to which figure? - CORRECT ANSWER Eric Kandel
There is a lengthy discussion in this chapter (15) about the naturalist vs the normative model
of health and disease. The naturalist model is also known as? - CORRECT
ANSWER The Englehardt model
The hospice movement began in which country? - CORRECT ANSWER Britain
What are the principles described by Beauchamp and Childress in their famous book
"Principles of Biomedical Ethics"? - CORRECT ANSWER Autonomy,
nonmaleficence, beneficence, and justice.
, Constructivism, or the 'social constructionist' approach to explaining medicine's reason for
being associated with which characteristics? - CORRECT ANSWER Takes into
account social factors that shape medicine.
Takes into account cultural values that shape medicine.
In discussing constructivism versus essentialism, this chapter concludes that these are
opposite and incompatible approaches to describing medicine. The authors eventually come
down on the side of essentialism. TRUE OR FALSE? - CORRECT ANSWER False
There are "four broad notions that may serve as guideposts along the path toward determining
modern medicine's goals and limits" that were promoted by the Hastings Institute. What is
one Hastings guidepost? - CORRECT ANSWER The avoidance of premature death
and pursuit of a peaceful death.
The famous article, "They Decide Who Lives, Who Dies," written by Shana Alexander in
1962 published in LIFE magazine was about patients who needed what kind of life-saving
treatment? - CORRECT ANSWER Kidney dialysis
Which of the four following principles, described by Beauchamp and Childress is "first
among equals" or the one that is usually pre-eminent over all the rest? - CORRECT
ANSWER Autonomy
Casuistry refers to which kind of reasoning in medical ethics? - CORRECT
ANSWER Proceduralism
Features of covenants (as opposed to contracts) include what? - CORRECT
ANSWER They are rooted in practice of "exchanging promises."
They are based on give and take of the relationship.
They emphasize moral bonds and "the spirit of fidelity."
They are historically rooted in communities and cultural practice.
What characterizes "The Belmont Report?" - CORRECT ANSWER Sets down respect
for persons, beneficence and justice as basic principles for biomedical research.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Leon Kass warns against three "false goals of medicine." What are these three false goals? -
CORRECT ANSWER Insatiable drive toward happiness or pleasure.
Social adjustment and creating a healthy society.
Prolonging life indefinitely or escaping death all together.
The restoration of wholeness in a patient whose identity and social life have become
fragmented is a definition attributed to who? - CORRECT ANSWER Eric Cassell
Who is associated with the BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL model of medicine? - CORRECT
ANSWER George Engel
"All mental processes are brain processes. The brain is the organ of the mind. Where else
could [mental illness] be if not in the brain... Schizophrenia is a disease like pneumonia.
Seeing it as a brain disorder destigmatizes it immediately." From your reading, you know that
this quote is attributed to which figure? - CORRECT ANSWER Eric Kandel
There is a lengthy discussion in this chapter (15) about the naturalist vs the normative model
of health and disease. The naturalist model is also known as? - CORRECT
ANSWER The Englehardt model
The hospice movement began in which country? - CORRECT ANSWER Britain
What are the principles described by Beauchamp and Childress in their famous book
"Principles of Biomedical Ethics"? - CORRECT ANSWER Autonomy,
nonmaleficence, beneficence, and justice.
, Constructivism, or the 'social constructionist' approach to explaining medicine's reason for
being associated with which characteristics? - CORRECT ANSWER Takes into
account social factors that shape medicine.
Takes into account cultural values that shape medicine.
In discussing constructivism versus essentialism, this chapter concludes that these are
opposite and incompatible approaches to describing medicine. The authors eventually come
down on the side of essentialism. TRUE OR FALSE? - CORRECT ANSWER False
There are "four broad notions that may serve as guideposts along the path toward determining
modern medicine's goals and limits" that were promoted by the Hastings Institute. What is
one Hastings guidepost? - CORRECT ANSWER The avoidance of premature death
and pursuit of a peaceful death.
The famous article, "They Decide Who Lives, Who Dies," written by Shana Alexander in
1962 published in LIFE magazine was about patients who needed what kind of life-saving
treatment? - CORRECT ANSWER Kidney dialysis
Which of the four following principles, described by Beauchamp and Childress is "first
among equals" or the one that is usually pre-eminent over all the rest? - CORRECT
ANSWER Autonomy
Casuistry refers to which kind of reasoning in medical ethics? - CORRECT
ANSWER Proceduralism
Features of covenants (as opposed to contracts) include what? - CORRECT
ANSWER They are rooted in practice of "exchanging promises."
They are based on give and take of the relationship.
They emphasize moral bonds and "the spirit of fidelity."
They are historically rooted in communities and cultural practice.
What characterizes "The Belmont Report?" - CORRECT ANSWER Sets down respect
for persons, beneficence and justice as basic principles for biomedical research.
