PT3.S2.Q14 - Which of the following, if True, is the most effective counter..

trevormhaefner12

Did anyone else pick C instead of B? I thought that the 24 policy showed that it was important to have continuity of care so that if the doctors are tired during a shift it wouldn't have good continuity. But realizing now that I made a lot of assumptions and B is better. Is B right because it says that "now" there's a new policy that makes people stay in the hospital and that means that they're there at their most ill so its more important now to have good care?

iolaw-12

Pamela's argument is that long shifts negatively affects physicians' decision making and Quincy's argument is that given that physicians decisions have generally been good despite the long shifts, the effect on physicians' decision making must be non-consequential so there is no reason to make a change to a system that works. B is the choice that best weakens Quincy's argument because it suggests that there is reason to believe that what have worked in the past will no longer work effectively given a change in the population of patients being treated; the current day population of patients is generally sicker than in the past and it can be assumed that the argument that "long shifts negatively affect physicians' decision making" now IS consequential is a valid argument.

If anything, C offers a principle that would strengthen Quincy's argument, given that the best way to ensure continuity of care is by having physicians work longer shifts.

trevormhaefner12

Thank you! That really clears things up. Yea so B introducing a the new policy really wipes the floor with the rest of the choices.