On Humanity
A Doctor's Touch
On Humanity
A Doctor's Touch
100
What is the name of the poem Abani reads?
Libation
100
A doctor’s touch is the _____ of a doctor-patient relationship.
Heart
100
Why does the poet pour their gin to the ground?
To honor the man who once worked the land where the poet stood
100
What are 3 examples of rituals?
Marriage, birth, election of leaders, prayer, death, disrobing
200
What does Ubuntu mean?
Humanity to others
200
What character was inspired by Joseph Bell?
Sherlock Holmes
200
Why was Abani put in solitary?
He showed his feelings for his cellmate’s death
200
What did Dr. Verghese mean by the “iPatient”?
Patients have become centered around their chart and test results, not the actual individual
300
What war did Abani and his family flee from?
Biafran war
300
What are the 3 aspects of medicine a doctor’s touch is important for?
Diagnosis, comfort, treatment
300
Why did Abani’s mother cry?
She was shown compassion and kindness in the airport
300
Why did Dr. Verghese’s friend with breast cancer choose not to get treated at a cancer center, but instead a private oncologist?
They did not touch her, and she did not feel she got a thorough examination
400
Why was Abani hesitant to kill the goat?
The goat felt like a human being
400
What is inventum novum?
Percussing the human chest as a method of detecting obscure diseases in the chest
400
What does knocking down false gods mean?
Reclaiming humanity
400
What was the name of this image?
The Doctor
500
What were the 2 comic books Abani’s cellmate smuggled into the prison?
Spiderman and X-men
500
Why did Dr. Verghese let patients talk for their full first appointment and then examine them for their full second appointment?
When you let patients talk you learn about them deeply; then the second appointment can be used only for thorough examination without rushing
500
What was Emanual’s message?
Some things may feel wrong to do but you can’t let it break you. Knowing it is hard means you’re human.
500
What problem did Dr. Verghese find in his opening anecdote with the breast cancer patient who was originally suspected to have high blood pressure?
Examining her by touching her would have detected the problem earlier