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41.
From information provided in the passage,
one
would be justified in concluding
that:
I.
patients are perfectly capable of
making
autonomous judgments.
II.
beneficence implies understanding.
III.
Rousseau believed that people are
quite
similar.
IV.
beneficence and autonomy go hand in
hand to achieve good medical
practice.
A.
I, II, and III
C.
II and IV only
B.
I and III
D.
IV only
42.
Hippocrates is cited as one of several
who
believed that physicians should do the
"right
thing" for their patients. Which other
specific
beliefs, thoughts, or perceptions are
directly
attributed to Hippocrates in the
passage?
I.
He perceived medicine as a tripartite
rela-
tionship between patient, disease,
and
doctor.
II.
He believed that disease was
determined
to a great extent by the patient's
environ-
ment and way of life.
III.
He believed that there was nothing
sacred
about sickness and that each malady
fol-
lowed a distinct pattern (three
stages).
IV.
He thought of the physician as
nature's
helper who should reinforce the
body's
own defenses.
A.
I, II, and III
C.
II and IV
B.
I and III
D.
I, II, III, and IV
43.
According to the passage, which of the
follow-
ing is/are correct?
I.
Life itself at times can be
burdensome.
II.
Patient education is an essential
element
in true beneficence.
III.
The courts have a better grasp of the
right
to die concept than the physician.
IV.
Basic humane treatment must always
be
provided no matter what the benefit
is.
A.
I, II, and III
C.
II and IV
B.
I and III
D.
I, II, III, and IV
44.
The author of the passages argues
for:
I.
education.
II.
balance.
III.
consultation.
IV.
patient rights.
A.
I, II, and III
C.
II and IV
B.
I and III
D.
I, II, III, and IV
Passage VII (Questions 45–51)
Another kind of editorial begins in the April
1942
issue. It was the first to acknowledge
America's entry
into World War II. This informed youth how they
could
contribute to the war effort and attempted to
inspire them
to make such contributions. In an editorial
"Little Things
Can Help Win the War," the points were
simple--
stay healthy so you can work hard; assume
minor
responsibilities so adults can take major
roles; save
your pennies and dimes to buy Defense Stamps;
and
"most important of all," be confident.
Confidence
would provide "vision to see beyond today and
its
efforts and worries to the glorious day when we
can all
say, `We, too, have fought a good fight and,
all pulling
together for the right cause, . . . we have
won!' "
War effort editorials emphasized the need for
collect-
ing scrap metal and rubber, for maintaining
fitness, and
for growing "victory gardens."
To stress the need for staying fit, Hecht
published the
first guest editorial in True Comics. Colonel
Theodore P.
Bank, chief of the Athletic and Recreation
Branch, Spe-
cial Services Division of the War Department,
wrote
"The Importance of Physical Fitness Today."
Bank men-
tioned time and effort being wasted because
army
recruits were unfit and work days were being
lost in fac-
tories "because of sickness or injuries which
are traceable
directly to (young people's) lack of physical
fitness."
On youth's involvement in food production,
Hecht
invited another guest writer, Wayne H. Darrow,
director,
U.S. Agricultural Labor Administration. His
piece "You
Can Help the Farmer Win the War," was carried
on the
first page of the August 1943 issue rather than
on the
inside front cover. Darrow wrote:
When the harvest is in this fall, everyone who
has
toughened his hands at farm work will be able
to
say that he has helped to win the war. Out on
our
farms this year there is a man's and a woman's
job
waiting for many thousand boys and girls. Our
sol-
diers, sailors, and marines are counting on
the
farmers. Can the farmers count on
you?
It could be thought that Hecht used editorials
merely
to sell magazines and to advance patriotism. He
was
indeed a skillful promoter, and he wanted the
United
States to win the war, but these aspects were
less
important than his major goal--a world of
democracy,
unity, and concord. He was an avid
internationalist, a
globalist.
In February 1943, in the midst of his war
effort edito-
rials, he wrote "It's Your World." The
arguments were
unusual, perhaps even risky for his own
well-being,
From Dr. William E. Blake, Jr., "True Comics,"
VCU, 1990.
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